Nancy and I got tired of throwing good money after bad on the Tumbleweed Too so went into Savannah today and picked up our new one. Be sure and read the spec's on her.

 



 



We decided to name her "In Our Wildest Dreams", just because!! Can you believe 155 feet long with a mast height 195 feet? If I were the owner, I'd want everyone to know and probably wouldn't try to keep it a secret. Nope, I believe we'll stick with our 34 foot Tumbleweed Two, even though lately she's become a mystery ship. Yesterday I was working on putting a panel cover back on and I took out 2 screws, laid them down and still haven't found them. The other day, we came back to he and the windlass had drawn the anchor chain up tight. I loosened it and while sitting here this morning, I heard the winch running and went out and the chain was tight again. Maybe this has something to do with our battery problem.

The carpenter here at Hinckley's was going to make us a new hatch cover that was broken one day. It's about a 12 inch square piece of acrylic. Maybe an hour to take it out and re-install. The quoted us a price of $750.00 and said we wouldn't even get kissed!!!

A few days ago, we learned we needed a new exhaust pipe and Hinckley's was going to have one made from stainless steel here in Savannah. They came by and said, by the way, it'll be $850.00. WE went onto the Catalina Direct web site and found the same stainless steel exhaust pipe for $250.00.

The running joke around the boatyard is no matter what needs to be done, it's a $1,000 bill. Unfortunately, I beginning to believe it's no joke.

Oh well, enough bitching for now. I guess it you can't afford it, don't do it!!

We did have a nice afternoon strolling the riverfront in Savannah. We rode the bus into town so we also saw some of the outlying area. Many beautiful old homes and several squares where they have created small parks for the neighborhoods.