[AccessD] Boat finally happening.

[John W. Colby]

My boat is old, and a monohull.  Stuart's is a very modern catamaran, 
and much bigger than mine IIRC.

In the marine world one usually gets a "survey" done before purchase, a 
professional surveyor goes over the boat looking for problems.  The 
survey happened yesterday. I will receive the report tomorrow.  If no 
major issues I will pay and go get it.  It is a 1974 33' Morgan Out 
Island.  My intention is to live on it, but certainly to sail it often, 
as in every week for long periods.  I will be picking it up in NJ and 
sailing it about 700 miles back to somewhere in the vicinity of Oriental 
NC.  So that trip alone will likely take about two weeks of sailing, 
since I will be sailing south down the Atlantic coast against the gulf 
stream which flows north, and likely against a southerly wind (blowing 
north as I sail south).  Unless I can catch the west side of a weather 
system which will bring the winds back behind me.  I cannot choose the 
weather though, it is get it and go.  Only in the case of a major storm 
would I sit it out.

And in the next year I intend to sail down to the Bahamas.  Possibly 
even this winter.  The winter months are when we have no hurricanes down 
in the Caribbean.  I have to get sailing experience though, and make 
sure the boat is up to the journey.

I am excited to get this happening.  It has taken a long time to find 
and buy.

John W. Colby

On 7/30/2015 11:05 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> On 7/29/2015 4:07 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>> Another sail craft? This is exciting. :-)
>>
>> Jim
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