We are coming down to the final stretch on the new boat’s construction and the schedule is firming up. The airline tickets are purchased and visa’s in hand.
The plan is for Marcia to leave Wednesday, October 14. Kurt will follow the next week on Friday, October 23. Return dates are chosen but we recognize that they may change. They have us returning in early to mid December.
Once at the boat yard the goal is to accomplish the following:
- Conduct a “pre-final” inspection to identify any obvious problems or items not built per our requests;
- Conduct a final inspection with our marine surveyor, Ray Wolfe. The result will be a list of items needing correction;
- Work with the yard to complete the “punch list” created above;
- Live on the boat at the boat yard, learning the boat and identifying modest changes that we’d like the boat yard to make';
- Work with the boat yard to prepare the boat for shipment via a freighter.
We would like the boat to be put on a freighter in mid-December so that it can reach the Pacific Northwest by the first half of January. Possible shipping ports are Seattle, Tacoma or Vancouver. Our preference is Seattle but the cost of shipping will enter into our final decision.
No comments:
Post a Comment