Kiskadee's big trip

March 2008

We lucked in and found a fantastic boat-hauler on uship.com named House of Boats. They are from Texas but haul across the continent. They locked our move in for a little over $11K. This was far better then the lowest Canadian hauler's quote of $19K.

Kiskadee was loaded at SYC on a bitter cold and windy day by a bunch of great friends. Pat took charge and everyone jumped in and had her craned on and strapped down before frostbite set in. Being in charge, Pat spent the day walking around with the check-list... But it was so cold that his eyes froze and Gary had to help him read it.

Sagadore Cranes, as always, did an excellent job handling an difficult load in high winds.

A lot of friends showed up and made things go quicker in the bitter cold.


Eleven people made it a light lift to hang the mast on the trailer.

Loaded and heading for the highway.

Pacific Bound

February 2008.

Dee and I moved west in February. Dee has accepted a promotion within Investors Group to become a Divisional Director in Victoria. (More $alary = more boat stuff!) We drove across and Kiskadee will come later by truck.

We bought a house in Langford. Prices are not like Halifax, but the math is easy. You can get half the house for twice the price.

We joined CFSA Esquimalt and will have a temporary spot for Kiskadee once she arrives.


We drove across through lots of snow and temps as low as -37 on the Praries. In BC Avalanche Control had all of the major highways closed so we spent many extra hours on muddy backroads in the middle of nowhere.

The last day before Vancouver was a very long one, but we had to push on as the Vancouver Boat Show had just started and we didn't want to miss any good deals!