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  On Wednesday, Sept 25, I send a text message to The Captain telling him about the Blog that I started. I was pretty happy about doing it and I felt that he would also feel the same. The response that I received shocked me. The messages between up go like this.

G.-    "Walter, how do you spell your last name?"
G-     "What is the displacement of your boat?"
W-    "My last name is Cieniewicz and the displacement is 35 metric tons."
G-     "Thanks. working on blog."
G-     " Walter, check out blog."
W-    "George , The page is access-able. Could you please remove it for a few days?
W-    "The page is still there. Please do it ASAP otherwise it will be a disaster."
G-     "I am erasing it now"
G-     " Look it up now."
G-     "Tell me if you can see it. Also relax :) "
W-    "OK it's gone"
W-    " The title is still there"
G-     "I not sure if I can do anything about that . I will try"
G-     " Doesn't look to good. No option to remove it."
G-     " Title removed".

   What I am starting to realize and, Walter confirms in very few words,   is that to him the trip initially is all about getting the boat out of the marina before his wife, who he is presently going through a divorce with, can stop him. After this incident he mentions to me, again in very few words , Walter did not talk very much about his personal life, that the lawyers were giving him a hard time, and he did not want his wife and the sheriff showing up at the dock.
  I really had no idea before this time that they were going through a divorce. There were times that, in the past, that I would stop by his boat to chat with Walter, and Anna his wife would be there. She was usually busy cleaning, shopping, cooking, and doing errands, while Walter worked on his boat. If anyone has ever met Anna you would notice that she was a tall very sweet woman with incredible poise. Well educated, She reminded me of Jacky Kennedy. It's funny, as you will hear more about this later, she would tell me that he would not tell or show her anything about the boat. Now I knew that they were planning on sailing the boat around the world once the boat was finished so I would say to her that did not make any sense. I would say to her ' What would happen if he got sick or otherwise indisposed, how would she be able to handle the boat?
   Months ago, I stop by the boat to say hello and I notice that Anna is not there. I ask Walter,"where's Anna". He tells me that her mother is very sick and Anna is taking care of her. On additional visits I still notice that Anna isn't present and my mind starts to question the excuse that he made. It is none of my business so I do not inquire any more.
  One day I  stop by the marina, before learning about the cruise, I ask Walter what's new? He tells me that we are  planning on leaving the marina at the end of the month. I inquire " You and Anna?". He responds " No, Jerry and a friend of his are going". He tells me about initially sailing to Tortola, then after a few months there he will sail  up to the Bahamas, and after that, across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, In my mind I wondered if Anna would be meeting up with him over there.