Met my best friend Anthony at oh-eight hundred this am at the yard for the 3 hour maiden voyage home (A three hour toooouuur lol) . We loaded supplies (the new raritan toilet) I did my systems check and we were off and running by 0:900. While I was yammering on about all of the things I was worried about, Anthony procured from his boat satchel a suspicious looking box that appeared to be a pirates chest, he handed it to me and said that it was only to be used in times of celebration, or times of great trial. I opened it and inside was a bottle of Pyrate rum, beautifully engraved with the name of my boat. What a great friend!! I shook his hand and responded that since this event was a definite cause for celebration, we should open it immediately =) While underway Anthony got the Raymarine dialed in just right as it happened to be the same model he had on his Catalina 36. I also used MacENC on my macbook and was very pleased with it. The seas were calm, the Perkins purred, the batteries charged, the toilet flushed, and the refrigerator was colder than a welldiggers a** in january. When we arrived at the Marina, heads started popping out of hatches to look at the new boat. I could see people leaning into eachother and whispering things... I closed my eyes and briefly said to myself, "Oh Sweet Jesus please help me from making a mess out of this". Keep in mind that I have never parked a boat larger than 20' and this was the first time EVER that I had piloted/parked this one. I was more nervous than a harlot in church. I know for a fact that someone from above on high was looking out for me today as I managed to get it parked in the slip on the first try (with the entire marina watching me, no pressure) with no fouls or errors. Thank you Jesus! Pictures can be seen at http://holohonu.blogspot.com if you want the visuals. Happy Trawlering, Colin 38' Ocean Alexander Holo Honu PS: Stern thrusters are the best things since sliced bread for making close quarters maneuvering on your single engined trawler easy. If you don't have one, get one. You'll be glad you did.

Glad the maiden voyage went so smoothly.
Cole
42' President "Voyager"

Colin Cooper wrote: > Met my best friend Anthony at oh-eight hundred this am at the yard for the 3 > hour maiden voyage home (A three hour toooouuur lol) . We loaded supplies > (the new raritan toilet) I did my systems check and we were off and running > by 0:900. > > While I was yammering on about all of the things I was worried about, > Anthony procured from his boat satchel a suspicious looking box that > appeared to be a pirates chest, he handed it to me and said that it was only > to be used in times of celebration, or times of great trial. I opened it and > inside was a bottle of Pyrate rum, beautifully engraved with the name of my > boat. What a great friend!! I shook his hand and responded that since this > event was a definite cause for celebration, we should open it immediately =) > > While underway Anthony got the Raymarine dialed in just right as it happened > to be the same model he had on his Catalina 36. I also used MacENC on my > macbook and was very pleased with it. > > The seas were calm, the Perkins purred, the batteries charged, the toilet > flushed, and the refrigerator was colder than a welldiggers a** in january. > > When we arrived at the Marina, heads started popping out of hatches to look > at the new boat. I could see people leaning into eachother and whispering > things... > > I closed my eyes and briefly said to myself, "Oh Sweet Jesus please help me > from making a mess out of this". Keep in mind that I have never parked a > boat larger than 20' and this was the first time EVER that I had > piloted/parked this one. I was more nervous than a harlot in church. > Beautiful boat Colin! > Glad the maiden voyage went so smoothly. Cole 42' President "Voyager" > I know for a fact that someone from above on high was looking out for me > today as I managed to get it parked in the slip on the first try (with the > entire marina watching me, no pressure) with no fouls or errors. Thank you > Jesus! > > Pictures can be seen at http://holohonu.blogspot.com if you want the > visuals. > > Happy Trawlering, > > Colin > 38' Ocean Alexander > Holo Honu > > PS: Stern thrusters are the best things since sliced bread for making close > quarters maneuvering on your single engined trawler easy. If you don't have > one, get one. You'll be glad you did. > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

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