WE BROUGHT HER HOME TO MYC

Well, She's home!  We brought Any Excuse home to Marathon Yacht Club (MYC) on Thursday, March 25th!  What a grand finale for such a long anticipated wait. 

We went up to Ft. Lauderdale for a second time on Tuesday, March 16th to get the final items done to bring her home.  We got our dingy, dingy motor, final re-upholstery of Aft Salon furniture, electronics, galley items, boarding ladders and did miscellaneous repairs.  We actually like Ft. Lauderdale and made friends at the marina as well as finding some great restaurants.  In a way it was sad to say a final goodbye.

But we did!!  Bright and early Thursday morning, Eddie, Capt. Bob, me and Cain shoved off.  The weather is gorgeous, but a little breezy.  Capt Bob showed Eddie the start up procedure and instructed me on line control - next to being Galley Queen Head Chef, this will be my most important job!  Well, maybe next to Chief Navigator or Top Maid and Cleaner or Laundry Expert or Water Level Monitor or "Goo fer" or . . .  life is never dull on a boat!!!!

Anyway, when those dual engines started, Cain's world went into a petrified state.  Petrified meaning totally scared, like a full body 90 mile an hour shake, breathing so heavy his tongue turned purple and parking himself up on top of his mother's lap for hours!  He wasn't happy.  This went on for about an hour or two until we reached Hawk's Channel and the wind now was pushing us instead of hitting us broadside.  He then calmed down and starting breathing normal, but the lap thing, well, never happened.  He stay on my lap the whole time - 8 hours - except for when I had to get up to make lunch or pee.

The trip itself and really great!  Any Excuse cruised very smoothly and our stabilizers just purred.  We ran 18 knots and it was pretty comfortable.  Took us about 7-1/2 hours to get to the 7 mile bridge.  We slowed way down and the Cain actually started walking around the boat!!  Miracles never cease.

Eddie did the most wonderful job of bringing Any Excuse down.  I was so proud of him.  He parked that baby like you wouldn't believe and I was way impressed!  WAY TO GO HONEY!

It's nice to have Any Excuse home!