Now it is a matter of waiting until the experts complete their chores. The first of two sea-trials has been done, and they are very happy, with speeds and fuel burns that are better than all previous AT 41's (we are the first to use the Volvo 575 HP diesel). It hit 19 kts a few days ago, and at 10 kts was burning only 7 GPH. Most have burned nearly 10 GPH at that speed, so everyone is happy. The finishing touches are next, and the electronics, per Mike Pare, are well on the way toward completion. UnDoc'd sits there in the water with us in a hotel....it doesn't seem fair! We are planning our trips both north and south now, but there are still so many things to attend to, including the dinghy and it's mounting with the removable chocks.
Everyone is hard at work trying to get us "on the boat" by Friday (2 days more). She is spotlessly clean, the DTV subscription is activated, the WiFi subscription works, and the Sirius weather subscription paid. The insurance premium is paid. All I'm doing is paying for subscriptions that I cannot yet use.
Next week will be busy with the dinghy, the covers for it and the windows, the flybridge cover and bimini, and other details. There will be more this weekend!
This is "Tulip Country", but the Dafodils are the March bloomers, backwards from our climate, according to Chris.
This is the Bar on the waterfront in Bellingham....
More Dafodils....these are white with yellow centers....incredible beauty!
The displays in the pilothouse are big...a pilots dream.
Here she is sitting and waiting...no inside pictures yet, since Chris will not allow it until everything is clean, organized, and arranged...
If you have to sit and wait on a boat, there can be no better city to do it in. This is the view from one of the many terrific restaurants in LaConner. Today at lunch, we say 8 to 10 eagles over this canal (the Swinomish) fishing...
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