This morning, Sunday March 13, 2016, we again traveled to Dundalk and took the yacht out for a re-trial. The day was overcast, but the temperature was comfortable. Once again the current owner impressed me with the handling of this large vessel. Onboard this time were my 1st Mate Charlotte, my son, Cliff, my daughter-in-law Becky and my two grand daughters, Hattie and Cammie. Also aboard were Ken the surveyor engineer, Walt the broker and the two owners. A full crew.
We left the slip at about 10:30 and headed out toward the bay. We brought the yacht up to the cruise speed and the RPMs for both engines were showing well within the curve. The temperature and oil gauges showed the previous problems had been corrected. The surveyor was in the engine room for the majority of the run, after evaluating the instrument panel and determined that the engines were both operating well within tolerances.
We ran on for a few minutes more and then turned back toward the marina. The second sea trial was a success. Ken the surveyor will have the final report for me by Monday and we can then finalize our “pick” list of items to be either corrected by the owner or accepted by us for later attention. All in All, she is a terrific vessel and we look forward to the finalization of the purchase.
Of course that also depends on the sale of our condo, and we are hopeful that this hurdle will be behind us in a couple of weeks. We had another prospect tour the apartment yesterday and the real estate agent indicated that “We liked the Condo”. My thing is now, let’s see some offers and a contract!
But on the bright side, one major step has been put behind us! On to the next step.
Author: harv1941
Just a summary, I am 84 years of age, retired in July 2013 and settled down to promoting the dangers of bacterial meningitis, which killed my beloved son, Mike in 2009. My wife, Charlotte, and I embarked on an adventure of live aboard cruising, aboard a large Blue Water motor yacht. While our beginning was rather fraught with hurdles, we continued to look forward to the day we moved aboard the Misty Lady and cruise the eastern seaboard and associated waterways. After more than four years of life aboard this Bluewater Motor Yacht, I developed an advanced problem due to interaction with medications and experienced rather frightening balance problems. Therefore, getting on and off the yacht was fraught with danger of falling between the docks and the boat's hull. Walking the docks was also problematic considering that our yacht club docks were all floating docks and my balance problem was a danger during the walk from our yacht's docking slip to the clubhouse or out to the DC Wharf facilities and our car housed in the yacht club's reserved garage. SO, we had to regretfully put the Misty Lady up for sale and move back on shore. We moved on shore, first into a condo apartment in Alexandria, then after two years there, we relocated to the city of Newport News, in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Our original desired location was in the city of Hampton, Virginia, which is the oldest English-speaking settlement in the United States having been established originally in 1610. My ancestors came to this country through this settlement in the mid 1600s and lived in that area for around 100 years before beginning a migration of one portion of our family toward the west.
I looked forward to moving back to this area and exploring the roots of my family, both maternal and paternal ancestry, but we found a great house in the Newport News area and became ensconced in the terrific neighborhood of Kiln Creek. My wife, being still actively employed, received a substantial offer in a position with a government contractor firm back up in Northern Virginia. So we put the Newport News house up for sale, receiving and accepting an offer withing two days. We then relocated back up to the city of Alexandria and into another high rise condo. My wife reached a point where considerations for retirement were becoming very important. She indicated that she really didn't want to retire in Alexandria, so once again we began a house search in the Tidewater area, this time in the City of Williamsburg and in a community restricted to 55+ age owners. We found the ideal location, initiated the sale and closing for our retirement home. We then put our condo on the market. Alas, the market was not as robust as before so we had to change asking price a couple of time, but finally the Alexandria Condo was sold. Now we are set to enjoy the great locations found here in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area, considering that we are history buffs and there are literally hundreds of historical sites in this segment of our nation. Of course living in Williamsburg is the epitome of history living life.
So, now we are in our retirement home, in a great retirement type community. A great clubhouse with a fine dining restaurant, a grill/pub, an award winning PGA designed golf course and miles of walking trails. Looking forward to my wife's eventual full retirement and the two of us visiting all up and down the east coast historical spots.
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