Jamie, Lisa, Sam and I drove 5 hours to look at an interesting boat on Fiday. It was a Morgen 45 OS (Off shore) race boat. It had 18 sails and was really built!! It was small (thin) and not so roomy but really looked like she would be a race horse in the sea. Jamie likes her despite she needs everything including a motor, he’s up for replacing it back in Austraillia. The only down side is they are about 7k from cutting a deal, we’ll see.
I’ve also managed to finish the mizzen mast steps and putting up my home built radar mount with Jamie’s help.
We are taking off on Wednesday to Texas. I’ll be visiting old friends and Sam gets to see her sister before we leave for the Bahamas. I’m also making a few bucks during the trip so it all really works out. Jamie and Lisa will drive around florida looking at boats when we are gone. The seats in the back of the car go down so it’s good for car camping.
Splendid is…, Well…., Splendid. She’s really shaping up and it’s nice having company. Jamie and lisa visiting really gives me a good idea of what future charters will be like. Splendid is really comfortable with the 5 of us on board and everyone has good privicy. She is exactly the boat I wanted to buy when I made my mind up to get a new boat in Tahiti. The only surprise was the girls :)
I’m off to see the knee surgen in the morning and probablly going to schedule a scope to fix a miniscus tear in the next couple of weeks. After that we are off like a shot.
Sail far and live slowly.
Alex