Saturday, June 10, 2006

From Ft. Lauderdale to Rhode Island on a trawler passagemaker


My world has just about stopped swaying back and forth after our wonderful trip from Fort Lauderdale to Rhode Island. It was an exciting experience and will be related in this blog as I get the time. Many thanks to the two gracious owners and our expert captain.

While most of the journey was delightful, we did run aground, loose the wing engine, overheat the generator, require the repair of an open through - hull that could have sunk the boat, become a target for the Navy, suffer attack by thousands of flies off the coast of Delaware, doge container ships in the fog and learn of the murder of an acquaintance.

The picture is of a Selene 47 passagemaker, similar to the one used on this adventure, that steams along at only 8 nautical miles per hour but can cross oceans in substantial comfort.

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