In the water....

It is Saturday night in St Petersburg, Florida and we are in Harborage Marina for our first night on the boat.

So yes!! the boat is finally in the water. The boat was splashed on Thursday afternoon, with some short delay.

I hope we will never need to go to this yard again. At the end, it took over two months to complete what was estimated to be a three weeks job, and almost 3 times the cost.

On the other hand - our agents are magic.

Our agents came along, and again as I said before, I have to say that having a good agent worth everything.

Jeff and Jean from Two Can Sail (twocansail.com) are amazing. They helped us buying the boat, and they continue to help us in every step of the process.

We splashed the boat, and Jean and Jeff worked with us, showing us how to operate the boat, helped us with the docking process, and then helped us (or actually, they did the work and we helped them) taking the sails down for future work. 

Than - cleaning. For the last two days, we are cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, and... you are correct - cleaning.

We also had our engine mechanic coming as we would like to update, replace and correct every hose on our engines, and bring all three of them to like new status.

He will be again next week, which mean that I will spend quality time learning all that I can about how to fix, correct and trouble shoot (in reverse order) the engines on the boat.

Tonight, after bringing some (very few things from our storage unit), we are finally staying on the boat.

We learned how to operate the galley (kitchen), the water system, t fridge and freezer, the air condition (!!) and the lights.

It is after 8 PM, and Hani is working hard to find the places on the boat. Where to hang cloths, where to put the food, and all the other small things that makes life possible.

And the weather - it is not Minnesota, but we are expecting strong winds tonight, so we put extra lines to make sure that we stay connected to the dock in 30 to 40 knots.

That's all for today - stay tune to work progress.