Last year (2009) was Bobby's fight and recovery from cancer. As he is now in remission for over a year, medical requirements are less frequent.
In order to maximize sailing with "The Star", we are shipping the boat from Florida to Washington. This move will allow us to spend 2-3 weeks cruising Puget Sound/San Juan Islands and British Columbia, Canada inbetween medical appointments. Something not very practical on the East Coast due to the distances required to travel anywhere.
On 19 April, we motored the boat to the boatyard for prepping for overland shipping by tractor-trailer rig. The dinghy was secured on the foredeck; sails, anchor and outboard removed and stowed below; and all covers/enclosure panels removed. The riggers removed both the main and mizzen masts. Each boom was secured aboard, the standing rigging removed from the masts and stowed below, the running rigging secured to the masts, and the masts protectively wrapped. After our new motorboat was lifted from the water, she was shrink wrapped, and loaded on the trailer with the masts alongside.
As "The Star" travels from Florida up to Iowa, and west to Washington, we are driving through the Southwest and up the West Coast starting on 23 April.
In order to maximize sailing with "The Star", we are shipping the boat from Florida to Washington. This move will allow us to spend 2-3 weeks cruising Puget Sound/San Juan Islands and British Columbia, Canada inbetween medical appointments. Something not very practical on the East Coast due to the distances required to travel anywhere.
On 19 April, we motored the boat to the boatyard for prepping for overland shipping by tractor-trailer rig. The dinghy was secured on the foredeck; sails, anchor and outboard removed and stowed below; and all covers/enclosure panels removed. The riggers removed both the main and mizzen masts. Each boom was secured aboard, the standing rigging removed from the masts and stowed below, the running rigging secured to the masts, and the masts protectively wrapped. After our new motorboat was lifted from the water, she was shrink wrapped, and loaded on the trailer with the masts alongside.
As "The Star" travels from Florida up to Iowa, and west to Washington, we are driving through the Southwest and up the West Coast starting on 23 April.
