I know there is no humor in people getting hurt the post about sugar is more dangerous was funny, Trying to post pics, Here is the before and after from 2 hard weekends and several afternoons worked late into the night. Thanks to the help of Awesome friends and a wife who worked on her through the week to get her done!! I know shes no seacraft but she was painted Fighting lady yellow lol.
She is a Bombay Clipper 31 registered as 33' Her total length is just shy of 40 shes got an 11' beam massive roomy cabin!!! and a svelte 12000 pounds.
Her maiden voyage yesterday was one of Joy and Sorrow. We had our friend Kevin who was driving our large wave runner to assist in the docking and towing (if the diesel acted up) following us.
Halfway down the anclote channel a boat approached us and informed us there was a person floating in the water face down not looking good. We asked if they assisted and they said it was too shallow for there 18' boat ( there was 5 feet of water) Our friend Kevin was first on the scene of what was a 21 year old who had jumped a wave and crashed sustaining severe trama. Kevin got in the water and performed CPR and mouth to mouth for 15 minutes until The coast guard chopper arrived, followed by a sherrif boat and Coast guard boat. Kevin being the more experienced EMT / Paramedic they allowed him to work on the victim until they got him to the ambulance at the anclote boat ramp. I will say that alcohol and boating do not mix, and this was a chilling reminder of why we shouldn't drink and drive anything. This has not hit the news yet but soon will, We believe the young man did not make it. Kevin was returned to the waverunner and us by the Sherrifs dept, and thanked profusely for his effort. On the more joyful side as we cruised into her new channel, we had dolphins actually swimming up against both sides of the boat actualy making contact, and close enough to touch. I felt this was very good luck all things considered.
Hopefully in a few years she will be parked behind Skip and Carla's home >
We did do the "Denaming process which involved a bottle of good champagne, ( most was poured across the bow from east to west) and many verses to the old sea gods, the new name has not yet been chosen.
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