September 1 , 2003
Rochester - Oswego

Yeahhhh....We are IN the USA. We raised our yellow flag, custom for saying that we didn't check in yet. And again a 50 mile trip to our next goal, the legendary harbour Oswego where proud sailors used to take their mast down and hopefully still do.

The wind was amazing, almost stormy. So we zipped down East. Maciek made some fine pancakes on the way, the first time we actually cooked during a sail. Somehow this one really bad anchorage night miraculously fixed our motion sickness problems. It seemed as if a switch had been flicked in our inside. We ate greasy stuff, slept down below, reading, all during earnest weather.

Anyway, after a long day and numbed buns Oswego welcomed us around 7pm. We managed to call immigration via video phone and they're going to send somebody to check us our tomorrow morning. We hope it'll all work out. Later on some border police came and checked if we were still staying on the boat and not terrorizing the city. So far, it's all good. Maciek and Johannes, the dream team says goodnight, cya tomorrow. Thank you all for being at our sides.

Being out in this little boat makes you more appreciate what you had. (J)