Well, guess WHAT!!! I am writing this post from the bridge of the Misty Lady. She is in the water, currently berthed at a temporary dock to facilitate the restoration of the hatches in the galley, BUT we have a floating yacht again!!! Charlotte and I are looking forward to the possibility of moving out of the hotel and onto the Lady this week! Are we excited? Just a teensy bit I think.
The Misty Lady’s sea trial to evaluate the starboard and port engines went off very well. The engines were both running strong and well within tolerances for temps, RPMs and thrust. We brought them up to slightly over 2200 RPM which is actually higher than I would run them at cruise, but they climbed up to that level with smooth acceleration, considering they were shoving 50,000 pounds of boat through the water. There were a couple of small anomalies but nothing that impacted the engines. We did note that the temperature gauges on the bridge were of two different styles?? But hey as long as they work, who cares what the manufacturer was?
The Sea Trial could have been a bit smoother and things would have been a bit ahead of where we are except we received some hoses from the Cat dealer that were only 50% correct, four were the right once but four were not. So, the mechanic who worked on the port engine will evaluate the specs sent by the Cat dealer’s rep this morning and I will hopefully get them first thing in the morning. Then the port hatch can be closed up and the settee/table combination can be reinstalled.
Our plan is, based on the ability of the yacht center crew to complete the restoration of the galley, move our mattress and mattress box onto the boat and in place within the Master Cabin. Then start the process of moving our personal effects, including coffee maker, of course. Priorities you know! Our Goal is to be fully living aboard by Friday.
I will have some photos to share in my next posting.
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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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