My 4.5 hour flight from Seattle to Annapolis was perfect. It departed and landed on time. I used the time to read a John Grisham novel and to work on the documentation for acceptance of the 63.
Unfortunately, Diana did not have a great experience driving to Dulles. In fact you could say it was VERY difficult. Heavy rain, heavy Washington rush hour traffic, a discussion with a State Trooper for driving in a HOV lane (fortunately no ticket), and a confused GPS resulted in a 4 hour trip that should have taken 70 minutes.
Things did not get any better after I joined her. The heavy traffic and heavy rain caused us to detour to McLean Virginia for dinner at Whole Foods while we waited for the traffic to abate. Bottom line: We finally got back to Annapolis at 10:30 PM. One could say that the driving part of the journey was less than perfect.
Friday morning, promptly at 9:00 AM, John Pepe, the C&V surveyor and Chris Oliver, the engine surveyor, began the survey of the 48. It went very quickly.
At 11:00 PM, they lifted the boat. The hull and running gear were perfect. Then, at 11:40, we did the sea trial, which involved running at full throttle for 10 minutes at 34.5MPH. By 2:00 PM, the process was complete. Seven VERY MINOR deficiencies were found.
Late in the afternoon we signed and forwarded a Conditional Acceptance of the Vessel, which essentially states that we accepted the 63 if Outer Reef corrects the deficiencies identified in the survey.
Special thanks to my friends Ron Markovits and Darrel Peters for helping me with the purchase process.
Stay tuned to find out if we drink champagne or continue to live with the 48.
Written by Les.
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