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| Any day on a boat is a good day. |
Yep, we're still in Charleston. But we have not been sitting about idly, twiddling our thumbs. Jay & I have been busy little no-see-ums. Jay is a Craigslist watcher, so we have been getting hooked up! We just installed a davit on the stern of the boat so we can pull up the little boats and the storm anchor. This totally changes the whole game for us! The storm anchor weighs 250 lbs, and the 20 feet of chain weighs even more than the anchor. No way we were going to be able to pull that sucker up by sheer strength of will alone, so thank heaven for those wonderful people who put that ad in Craigslist! Also, now we can lift our dinghy up onto the stern of the big boat (the shrimp boat), which means we won't have to pull the dinghy behind us during the trip. It was kind of a hassle towing a boat behind us while we were in heavy waves, now we don't have to worry about that. The dinghy situation has changed, or rather, we have changed dinghies. We traded our Carolina Skiff for a Boston Whaler. A Boston Whaler is an unsinkable, foam filled boat. I have seen pictures of a Whaler cut into thirds, each third has a person sitting on it, & each third is still entirely on top of the water. Pretty cool... & extremely badass in the safety factor. And it is quite a good lookin' little dinghy! We are also trading our little red Chris Craft ski boat for a Twin Vee catamaran, a little 14 footer. The Chris Craft is an I/O, it is more suited for a lake runabout than an ocean going dinghy... which won't really do for our current adventure. We need something that can handle the bigger waves. Also, the Chris Craft weighs more, so it is less desirable in regards to lifting it up on the big boat or towing it. Another plus for the Twin Vee is if we decide we don't want/need two dinghies (because, come on, you really never can have too many boats, right??), we will be able to sell the catamaran better down in the Keys than we can the ski boat.
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| Bye bye little red boat, we had some good times! |
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| The new Boston Whaler, with Mahogany seats & stainless everything, wheel, rod holders, drink holder... you name it! |
We have had some luck with the Craigslist ventures, everyone we have dealt with has been extremely nice and helpful. Maybe it's because we are dealing with other boaters (though I've known some bad seeds in the boating world too), maybe we bring out the best in some (insert snickering or guffawing here from those that no us well), or maybe we really are just lucking out. Now all we need is someone to buy Jay's 38' Chris Craft on Lake Norman (we're super motivated sellers, please send email if interested!!).
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| Jay's Chris Craft... you know you want it! |
Now with all our acquired booty, we feel more prepared for the trip. Maybe the winds and the weather were working with us not against us, afterall. Soon, very soon, the trip will be under way!
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| I'm saying, "Oh my!" That's some ugly weather coming our way! The wind was whipping so much my shirt was billowing about me, I was holding it tucked in by my elbows as best I could. |
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