Sunday, August 3, 2008

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.