Last year Richard towed the MacGregor over from Florida and despite the Bahamians reluctance to let Gerry import the boat (didn't see why he needed 2 boats here) it's an official Bahamian boat. Much easier to pay the duty on the boat once, than to sail it out of here every year in order to obtain a cruising permit - don't know why they could not understand that.
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Getting ready
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What with people coming to look at Dulcinea, sailing to Florida and back, sailing with Chris & Les we didn't have time to get her in the water. Anyway, we finally managed to launch it yesterday with Gary's help.
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| Gary holding up the mast |
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| Outboard trouble couldn't get it to go down. |
The outboard is really too big for the motor mount as well as the boat - makes steering difficult and gives trouble when you want to pull it out or put it into the water. The sheets you see in the photo are not for the main sail, it's an auxiliary backstay to keep the motor from falling into the ocean.
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| Sailing out of the canal |
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