Paulkarlsven
New Member
I am sure you will have noticed from some of my other posts that we have purchased ourselves our first cruiser. Admittedly it is not the Sea Ray we wanted, "Missed it by that much." as Maxwell Smart used to say. But in doing so we were given the opportunity to inspect a newly traded boat which we loved and subsequently purchased after doing all the inspections.
So after the last few weeks of having the repairs done, installing new electronics, new tender, etc the time has come for me to journey to take posession of her formally and spend a week doing shake down trips before putting to sea to relocate her to our marina in Port Stephens.
I will be leaving early tomorrow morning to drive to Port Stephens, that is 2800 kms away, where I will be checking to make sure our wet slip is ready for us. Then I will be leaving my car at the marina and flying up to the Gold Coast.
I have to collect the new tender, it is second hand but in as new condition, I could not pass up the deal as it is a 2.5 metre Hypalon RIB complete with a 5hp Mercury outboard, gas tank, seat, dolly wheels and boat and motor covers all for $1000.00. It is a fibreglass hull, the current owner has barely used it and it is taking up space in their garage.
Once I get it fitted up with davit clips it will be going on to the back of the boat to take the place of the sad looking QuickSilver inflatable that is currently sitting there partially deflated due to a seam giving out.
I will have my SPOT onboard with me for the trip down the coast if anyone wants to follow along, in fact I will have my SPOT on from the moment I leave my home here in Alice Springs tomorrow morning. It gives my wife a good feeling to look in on the SPOT page to see where I am and that I am okay.
My shared SPOT page is here:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0IJIZPvJggDfiSoUpZjEE18igP0l0pSQE
I have my video camera and my DSLR with me in order to document everything and I will post up some images later.
Oh for those that don't know we purchased a Silverton 360 Express:
So after the last few weeks of having the repairs done, installing new electronics, new tender, etc the time has come for me to journey to take posession of her formally and spend a week doing shake down trips before putting to sea to relocate her to our marina in Port Stephens.
I will be leaving early tomorrow morning to drive to Port Stephens, that is 2800 kms away, where I will be checking to make sure our wet slip is ready for us. Then I will be leaving my car at the marina and flying up to the Gold Coast.
I have to collect the new tender, it is second hand but in as new condition, I could not pass up the deal as it is a 2.5 metre Hypalon RIB complete with a 5hp Mercury outboard, gas tank, seat, dolly wheels and boat and motor covers all for $1000.00. It is a fibreglass hull, the current owner has barely used it and it is taking up space in their garage.
Once I get it fitted up with davit clips it will be going on to the back of the boat to take the place of the sad looking QuickSilver inflatable that is currently sitting there partially deflated due to a seam giving out.
I will have my SPOT onboard with me for the trip down the coast if anyone wants to follow along, in fact I will have my SPOT on from the moment I leave my home here in Alice Springs tomorrow morning. It gives my wife a good feeling to look in on the SPOT page to see where I am and that I am okay.
My shared SPOT page is here:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0IJIZPvJggDfiSoUpZjEE18igP0l0pSQE
I have my video camera and my DSLR with me in order to document everything and I will post up some images later.
Oh for those that don't know we purchased a Silverton 360 Express: