Tag: Florida

  • Zinful’s Final Haul Out

    Zinful’s Final Haul Out

    Arriving at the DIY Boat Yard After our ~200 nm journey to get our new boat a final haul out, followed by 12 days of anchoring and waiting nearby, we finally got the call to come to the boat yard. Just as we arrived to the boat yard and marina entrance and were about to…

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  • Days 5-16 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful

    Days 5-16 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful

    What we thought would be our last night on our final voyage with Zinful, turned out to be only night 7 out of 18!!! Wow, we had not seen that coming and we were unprepared for such a long stay. We had made arrangements with a DIY boat yard in Fort Pierce to be hauled…

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  • Day 4 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful

    Day 4 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful

    Our fourth (and final day!) moving Zinful was our longest day at 50.7 nm, but also our shortest day at 6.5 hours of travel time. Today was wonderful cruising, and without the bridges and hustle of large cities. Almost at the very end of this ~200 nm journey, we encountered boat problems – Tom lost…

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  • Day 3 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful

    Day 3 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful

    Our third day moving Zinful was a long, slow day. We cruised under a plethora of ICW bridges – bridge after bridge, only some of which we could fit under while the bridges were closed. For the closed bridges that we couldn’t fit under, we had to time our arrival with the scheduled bridge opening…

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