It was a Moorings Charter Fleet boat. I had chartered other
boats from Moorings and
BVI Yacht Charter and other private
boats in the area previously. Went down to look as several in the late summer and selected this one... almost like new compared to several I viewed and it was apparently a
distress sale of some kind. Sea trials, 2 days worth, were really great and
survey proved good with a few minor
repairs and I got a new dink and
motor tossed in. Did some
work on her, last trip down and going to spend much of my time doing more this trip. Not hard stuff... changing
lighting to LED's, adding radios and ground plane, restocking the kitchen
equipment and upgrade the
electrical system (first of several).
Discovered I can ship to St Thomas far cheaper than Tortola and no duty cost. Having a bunch of stuff delivered in St. Thomas and will pick up when I go over to pick up my first set of guest crew.
Later in year will have arch put on her with
solar cells and
wind gen and upgrade
antenna, possible add
cabin shade
canvas.
I'll probably spend a total of about 5 months on her 2008 and hope to make that about 8 or 9 in 2009... most on the hook.
When I start thinking about it... the feeling to do the pee pee dance comes over me!!