Caspian’s Journey

Time to recap the week. This evening marks one week since Caspian arrived. Sunday Evening and night: Caspian arrived outside of Fred's Marina in Portland, OR. We unstrapped, untaped and moved stuff around to free up the Master Stateroom and tried to sleep. Monday morning: We awoke to the boat hull being inside out. Translation, water on the wrong side of the hull. We were still on the trailer so it was all rain water. Bernie probably mentioned having the fly bridge torn apart plus coming from So. Cali where it rarely rains who knows what had collected in the scuppers. We had a 9 am appointment to launch but this would not happen. Casey arrived at 9:30 and drove the boat into Multnomah Yacht Repair for the launch. We are learning about the concept of "yard time". Debra who manages the appointments at MYR had indicated that our launch would be delayed 15 minutes by their putting another boat ahead of us. That time quickly passed and we found ourselves watching th...

Not a day of boating we're accustomed to, but we woke up in our boat this morning! Yup, it was still on the trailer and parked on the side of the road. Haha! It's a side road near where it will be lifted off the trailer, at least it was a quiet noise of Highway 30 traffic. https://photos.app.goo.gl/GzZpjbe4hn1Si6Gd2 It wasn't the best night of sleep (2, maybe 3 hours ) given the excitement of the day (and we'll definitely need to add a comfy "mattress" pad to the ever-growing to-do list). The little sleep still doesn't hamper the energy we have to get it launched into the Multnomah Channel today for it's  Bacon-owned Maiden Voyage to Rocky Point Marina. That's where all the real work begins to get Caspian in ship-shape. Learned from the ship yard office gal, Debra, that we have time to go eat.  So off we went looking for something quick and nutritious. We found something quick. It was a greasy piece of 7-eleven pizza. We're going with the...

We're so excited!   We'll update again when it arrives.

Here is the Chronology of the Purchase of Caspian 10/24: Walked away from Aliyah M , 1989 Bayliner 3888, twin Hino 175s 11/3:  Spotted Black Swan on yacht world "priced to sell", suggested it looked like a good deal to Jason. Jason says "there has to be something wrong, that's a [much higher figure] boat. Offer them [ much less than the priced to sell price]. Okay Jason, you are our boat buying expert. 11/4:  We were countered at a little higher than our ridiculous offer and accepted. Jason is adopted as an honorary Bacon and is now assured to be our boat broker for life (not sure if he offers family discounts). 11/20: Tony and Jason go to Huntington Beach, CA for survey and sea trial. This was kind of fun because Tony booked his flight a week early. What fun to pay double the cost of a normal flight by needing to rebook to the correct date. 11/29: Survey received, revised offer to even lower than the first ridiculously low offer. There was quite a ...

If you asked Tony and I, it would be a resounding, “Yes!” But, alas, the question never came up. Not in the traditional sense. The subject came up casually sitting at the dock when Tony casually mentioned, “this may be our last season sailing.” Yes, we already had a boat - a lovely 1991 Catalina 28 named “Vela Via”. Oh the memories ... Tony’s statement at the dock that day amongst friends, struck me like a ton of bricks! And, we both engaged in a long, puzzling, smiling gaze at one another. Tony was surprised that I was surprised. Apparently, he had been hinting at it for quite some time pointing out this power boat and that power boat. Oh, well. Without getting into the whole Venus vs. Mars discussion, we have purchased a 1997 Bayliner 3788. And what a grueling process that was. I liked what our son, John’s sweetie McKenzie said to us like, it’s been a lesson in patience. Boy howdy! Especially when purchasing a boat from out of state. Yup, Tony found the boat of our dreams in Hu...