So we bought a boat! After 10+ years of dreaming, 7 years of planning and saving, and 3 years of boat shopping, we finally did it. So now what? The big picture is to spend a little time on the boat in Florida while preparing to move her closer to home in the Mobile Bay area of the Gulf Coast, where she'll stay so we can use her for long weekends and vacations.
Well, logistically it has been a nightmare to figure that out!
- The boat is in Ft. Lauderdale at a dock where we can not spend the night on the boat.
- We would like to move the boat to a marina where we can work on the boat and stay on the boat to prepare to move it closer to home in the Mobile Bay area.
- Problem is, we don't know how to move the boat!! Not that we can't learn, but going from a 22 foot boat to a 40 foot boat is a big step, and the next bullet point explains why the first step is the hardest...
- The boat is on the New River which has crazy currents/tides, lots of draw bridges, and is lined with multi-million dollar boats. Boats don't stand still to wait for a bridge to open, and with the crazy currents, we certainly don't want to have a run in with a boat such as Johnny Depp's which is one of the hundreds of high-end boats we will have to pass.
- There are no affordable marinas in Ft. Lauderdale. So after we get off the New River, we need to sail two days north to Fort Pierce.
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