Well we are settled in at Ripley Light and love it. Sunny and 70 today so it was time to wash the salt off the boat and do a little cleaning inside and out. We have a lot of little projects to accomplish but try to do a few each day so we don’t spend all our time working and not relaxing. I have included a few pics of marina life included a little puppy time.
Today we moved Margarita Daze to our new home in Charleston, SC. We have a slip at a local marina which shall serve as our home base while I receive training from Capt. George. We moved the boat from Rockville to Charleston via the ICW. We maintained an average speed of about 10 knots into some pretty strong head winds but had to slow many times due to no wake zones. Capt. George filled my head with plenty of navigational info and we both learned a lot how the boat performed. We had my First Mate Garrett along today to learn the ropes and tie the lines. He is the one in the picture looking out and checking the channel markers. Well thanks to Capt. George we are comfortable in our slip and enjoying a nice cool night.
Time to do a little maintenance and get The ” Margarita Daze” ready for some ocean time. She is a great boat but her previous owners didn’t use her to her capabilities. She was designed to spend some time traveling not tied down to a marina slip. We plan to spend weekends making some short runs around the Charleston SC area and maybe a couple of weeks this summer going to Georgia. Before we head out she needs some bottom paint, seals replaced and stabilizers serviced. We are servicing basically every system on the boat along with a full engine service and tune up. Next week we will get her in the water and make a 2 to 3 hour trip up the ICW to a slip in Charleston. This will give us a good chance to check out all the systems and make sure everything is working properly.
The crew of the Margarita Daze.
Well, we have purchased our new boat. She is “Margarita Daze” a 50′ Viking Motor Yacht yearning for the warm waters of the Bahamas. Follow us as we put her through sea trials off the South Carolina Coast. We will spend this summer getting to know her a little better and preparing for an extended cruise in the Bahamas in 2013. Enjoy life now, we don’t know what tomorrow will bring.