Our second Annual Blessing of the Fleet took place on a beautiful, sunny day.  The boats began to gather in the South Basin of Halifax Harbor Marina as 9:00 a.m. approached.  Chaplain Rick stood at the gas dock (also known as the poop station as someone pointed out on the radio!) He said an opening prayer asking for safe travels for all our vessels (and I'm pretty sure he added a private prayer for our Bahamas trip coming up!) He then blessed a few boats "in abstentia"(one of you teachers help me out here?  Rick says it's a word)  - Yes Tony and Gena, we REALLY DID bless your boat!  Then, as each boat approached the dock they and their crew were also given a blessing.  We had a total of 15 boats blessed, including 2 guests who heard about the Blessing from the Marina.   (there is a photo of every boat being blessed on our Walgreens Photo site - please email me if you forgot the password!)  As the boats were blessed, they headed to our usual spot in Ponce Inlet, "Down The Hatch" for lunch.  Commodore Ken knowing that the Chaplain's boat would be close behind him to the Bahamas decided it would be a good idea to bless "Yes Deer".  THANKS Commodore!  We had a great crowd for lunch, and what a joy to have so many children around us playing and having fun!

Some lucky devils then went on to Disappearing Island to hang out and spend the night "on the hook".  We are still not speaking to those people - you know who you are!  If anyone has photos from D.I. please send to me and I will post here.

Thank you to everyone who participated.  We look forward to a very safe and successful year of trips, and perhaps next year we can have even more guests join us in the Blessing!