the boring part of boat ownership

Lately I’ve been working on the paperwork required to get the boat in the water. I hired Linda Dunn from Marine Documentation, Inc. in Newport, RI to handle the registration with the Coast Guard and the Radio License with the FCC. I’m been shopping for insurance to cover the first year of cruising in the USA. […]

transporting a yacht with the mast up

Due to the Covid-19 travel restrictions, I won’t be able to get to France for the sea trials or to start the northern European trip. Therefore the Sanity Test will be sea trailed in Sainte Marine and then sailed to La Rochelle, France by Gulf Stream who are based there. Then it will be loaded […]