The Road Less Traveled

In 1915, the famed poet Robert Frost published a poem that would forever be referenced as a symbolic metaphor of life choices. The entirety of “The Road Not Taken” is an extended metaphor in which the road “less traveled” symbolizes the path of nonconformity. The speaker, when trying to choose which road to take, looks for the road that seems less worn.

Queen’s Dream herself represents a “Road” choice. While her bows will visit common, well-known, and well-traveled water-roads, she was built to travel and explore far beyond the comfort zone of many sailors. She will carry her crew to isolated anchorages, rarely traveled routes, and distant shores. However, QD will not undertake these expeditions unescorted. Her permanent crew designed her as a union that shadows the ambitions inherit to their very own life ambitions. The perfectly paired crew and ship will take roads less traveled together. In her short life, QD and her crew have already taken paths not common for a sailboat. Regardless of size, origin, and crew experience, very few sailboats have crossed the monstrous Atlantic Ocean. Her current destined path (Stage #2) now takes her on a 3-month voyage very few sailors would ever pursue. This planned route will take her from Ft. Lauderdale to Grenada with ceaseless anchorages during the transit.

In the last 2 weeks, QD has progressed from Miami, down thru the Bahamas visiting and anchoring at many of the better-known islands. From Bimini to the Berry Islands, and down through the Exumas. Her 2-night stay in George Town, Exuma is the pinnacle of the cruiser’s world. With boat populations in the 100s of sailboats, most sailors never venture south beyond this last “easy” anchorage in the Bahamas. QD pulled anchor early in the morning on May 6th and left the crowded George Town waters in her rippling wakes. Her crew guided her to the uninhabited Conception Island. This protected marine area was the third island where Christopher Columbus landed in The Bahamas in 1492. The following day, QD journeyed to the remote outer island of Rum Cay (also a Columbus discovery). Unlike many of the anchorages in the proceeding weeks, she was all alone in the isolated island harbor. Her upcoming quests take her to the final planned anchorage in the Bahamas – Clarence Town. It will serve as a launch point for a multi-day sail to Turks and Caicos via the infamous “Thorny Path” route. Certainly, a road less traveled…