December 20, 2012

Well, she made it safe and sound late yesterday afternoon just before the yard closed for the day. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. The photo above is from Maine, just before she left on her journey. I will go back today to take a better inventory of the items that were stowed for shipping and discuss a plan of attack with Joe Reid at Mast&Mallet.

I used a trucker that I picked from an internet service called U-Ship. With them you post your needs (what is shipping from where to where and when) and an auction ensues. You pick who to work for what price and conditions and U-Ship then shares complete contact information to each party and you complete the transaction from there. It worked well. I saved $1000 from the highest quote that I got, most were close to the final quote.  Malcolm at Big Orange Marine bigorangemarine.com was great to work with, he was on top of things with email and cell communication and he has a nice hydraulic trailer that was perfect for this job. Malcolm also arrived with his faithful companion Shoghi, pictured below, what a sweet and happy pooch he is. He had a great and good time playing with Joe's dog.

Here is a photo of the truck and trailer, the folks at Holiday Point jumped right to it and the boat was unloaded in minutes.

 And here she sits until we figure out whether or not to bring her into the building and start work right away or keep her right here for the time being.

Dennis