Getting Ready to Cruise

Ok, it is time to get this going again.

We have been doing alot of work on the boat to get ready to head to Florida.

We plan on leaving on Monday June 3rd. My mother and her beau John want to get married in June and want to have the marriage performed on the bow of Barefoot Babe. I will also officiate the wedding.

Some of the things we have done on the boat are new mattresses for the v-berth, new full enclosure, the dinghy lift, 360 gal a day watermaker (still needs to be installed), AIS system, installed HD3D TV in captains cabin, replaced all raw water impellers, renewed the refrigeration system, lifeline netting, bird cage that fits in the main saloon, rigging inspection,

Missy's Boat Cage

renewed the main sail and had it cut to be a loose footed main, new dutchman lines, and more stuff that I can't even remember. Will also be getting a bottom job done on the boat right before we leave. 

We will have two other boats that will be traveling with us. Our good friends Greg and Ann on Nauti-Gal and Patrick and his wife on Copy Cat will be with us. We plan on taking our time and having fun on this trip. That is what cruising is all about. We plan on going the ICW most of the way with a few Gulf of Mexico passages off the coast of Florida.

We will be running our SPOT http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0GdPevUzg8CkG0iT053sszA9T9GLAsaI5  so you will always be able to see where we are by clicking on the link above and saving it to your favorites.

Since there are three boats in this caravan, I made a float plan so if we get seperated we should be able to meet back up. I will try to post it.

We will also be updating this blog with pictures as we travel. At the end of each blog you are always welcome to leave comments.