New Boat & New Friends

Here we are almost a week later, finally settled in our new boat Kainoa (Ky Noah). The amount of work organizing everything that came with the boat was staggering, I think I have a list of spares so complete if you gave me a hull and some sails I could build another boat! We have spares for spares, extra alternators, starters, belts, filters, impellers, pumps, as well as boxes and boxes of stuff like adhesives, glues, lubricants, wire, meters etc. All of this was delivered to the dock after we officially bought her, in a minivan packed from floor to celling. (with the seats removed)

Everything is now organized and it's location written in a binder as well as in the process of being put in the computer so I can hit Command F and locate whatever I need in seconds. This system added quite a bit of time to the storing of everything, but wow is it all worth it. 

There will be more pictures to come, but for now here is Kainoa

Kainoa is a 1979 Watkins 36A Aft Cockpit Sloop

Finally having things organized also allowed us to entertain some new friends and we invited the first guests onto our boat. Dan and Linda have been working, planning and saving for almost 10 years preparing for the trip they are now on. They are taking their boat a 26 McGregor to the Exumas after a brief stop with friends in Key Largo. Dan commented the other night while sitting around the campfire "People I know always say "ahh someday I'll do that" and I tell them to show me where someday is on the calendar" We all know that most people will never be able to let go of that fear and just do something. Dan and Linda set a plan and are now executing it, I can't wait to hear how the next few months pan out for them. 

Indiantown is a neat little place filled with people from all over the world working on their boats, helping each other and sharing knowledge. This is more of a boatyard then a marina and we can't wait to get some salt on our skin and let Kainoa stretch her legs a little on the open sea. I'm pretty sure as soon as we find a good weather window we will make the trip down the coast to Marathon sometime after Christmas. 

We will be taking the Intercostal from Stuart down to Lake Worth, but then we will go offshore and make a run down to Biscayne Bay where we will come back in and finish out our run on the West side of the FL Keys before crossing under 7 mile bridge and ending at our home base Boot Key Harbor in Marathon. More photos of the boat will be coming shortly..