Now Boarding

   Wow, so today is the big day! Everything has come together. We finally have our coast guard paperwork, so we are 100% legal, woohoo! Now we can go anywhere! A bunch of projects have been completed. First one was of course the battery.

Here it is, in its new home. Me and the Interstate man had about a 3 hour talk. About the state of America, the future of America, and batteries.  The highlight is that this battery, srm-4D is just about as good as a forklift battery. He said properly taken care of i can expect 5-6 year life, with constant, daily use. So now its hooked in, and fully charged!

   The second project of the day was the main traveler.

   IT was a simple matter of putting in the new block, and as fortune would have it, a brand new block popped up on ebay, just in time, and now its mine, and installed.

   The next project was the jackline. This line will keep us from separating from the yacht, in case we lose our footing, and fall overboard. It would not be a fun ride, but we should be able to get the person back on board without delay.

   We had gone to retrieve the shackle at the top of the mast, and while we were there we picked up our 3rd crew member. Welcome to the boat Liz! After carrying on what seemed to be about 400# of personal possessions, she was moved in, and her hubby was gone.  So we now had 3 crew to move the yacht back to the other marina, to retrieve the dingy,  and get some photos!

Departing today!