Wednesday, August 31, 2016

March 2016 - CORRET is home!


It is nice to have nice friends.  Bill contacted our friends Bob and Gail who live in Annapolis. We met them on our first trip to the Bahamas where they were cruising on their beautiful boat STAR. They graciously invited him to stay at their house, use their car, and volunteered their labor.  Bill flew down for a few days to prepare the boat to be trailered to Maine.

When CORRET arrived at Lyman Morse and I saw her out of the water for the first time my first thought was, "Oh my God what have we done, this boat is enormous!".  For those of you who have sailed on RONDO, our Pearson Triton, you will understand why CORRET looked huge!


The first task was to remove everything removable so we could start upgrading systems.
I am always amazed at how much stuff a boat can hold.  They have more space than Harry Potter's tent. 

The interior cleaned out - now we are ready to start work!

Safety is important when working on or around boats.  Be prepared!



Thursday, August 11, 2016

Valentine's Day Present

Although we love our old boat  RONDO we decided to look for a bigger boat.   On a very cold Valentine's Day weekend we drove to Annapolis and decided to buy CORRET, a 1980 Islander 36.

Philippe seemed very happy that CORRET had found a new home.