the Cooper: September 2010

Welcome to Our Journey

2014 - Brewerton, NY, up the Trent-Severn and onto to Lake Superior for a trip around its perimeter

2013 - Brewerton, NY along the Erie Canal, down the Hudson River, east along Long Island Sound and up the coast to Maine, returning to Brewerton . May to early October 2013

2012 - Naples, FL north on the ICW, Chesapeake Bay, up the Hudson to complete the Little Triangle (lakes, rivers & canals from Brewerton, NY to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Lake Champlain, Waterford, NY and back to Brewerton). April to September 2012

2011 - Our first year of cruising took us around the Great Loop (up the East Coast, inland via the Great Lakes, the rivers from Chicago to Mobile and across the Gulf of Mexico) an eight month journey beginning in Goodland, FL and ending in Naples, FL. April to December 2011

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Fuel Polishing Report

Email from our broker, Mike Dickens, owner of Paradise Yacht Sales, in Fernandina Beach :

"I just got from speaking to the tech doing the fuel polishing.

Good news! He tells me the fuel is super clean and he has gotten just a little asphalt from it.

In addition, the tanks themselves show NO signs of rusting or anything abnormal inside."

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Initial repairs

We have authorized Tiger Point Marina & Boat Works to paint the bottom, service the stuffing logs, polish the fuel, service the alternator, change the zincs, and report on sea strainers, risers, batteries & bonding system.

2010 - Purchase

September 15, 2010 is the closing date for the purchase of our 1986 Monk 36 aft double cabin. The survey indicates some minor repairs are needed.

By December 28 - "Hey Honey...we bought a project boat!"