Evanston, IL - The 11th of December we are driving our old and rusty Ford Econoline with my really good friend Eduardo, all the way down to Ft. Lauderdale. We will stop in Ocala, Florida to pick up our new/used dinghy that we bought there. On Monday we are hauling out the boat at the Lauderdale Marine Center, where we are servicing the sail drives, painting the bottom and doing a litle bit of fiber glass on the keels.
I also have my friend Ivan flying that day to help with all the new electronics installations such as SSB, Pactor modem, antena, wind generator, etc.
It will be a very busy week doing also other jobs like adding new book shelves, rack for jerry cans, inspecting rigg, and a very long list jobs before sailing for a year and a half .
I'm very fortunate to have such good friends like Mitch who is also coming on Tuesday the 14th to help with all the improvements.
We are hoping to be done with everything by the 20th which is when Karla and the kids arrive in Florida.
After that we are going to start with provisioning the boat and I'm sure countless trips to Costco, Home Depot and West Marine.
-Sebastian
Hola Sebas, qué linda aventura !!! Cuánto nos alegramos con tu tío y que encima vayan contando todo, es como hacer que todos vivamos la aventura de Uds. Te vas a cruzar el Atlántico SOLO ??? ida y vuelta ??? Espero que algún amigo te acompañe en el cruce. Muchas suerte, have a lot of fun, y qué de historias para contar a tus nietos !!! Cariños,
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