It was a pleasure to have coffee this morning at the City Dock with Burt&Pru Preston, new owners of the 44 Hylas "Exuberant". The Prestons had a tight reach up the Bay yesterday from Solomons,Md. in about fourteen knots of breeze. It was almost sweater weather on the mooring ball in the Annapolis Harbor last night. We can't believe this is July!
The Preston's worked hard preparing the boat for their maiden voyage of about 1000 nautical miles to Lake Erie. So from here they are headed inland via the Hudson River. The boat looks great and has already benefitted from new enthusiasm and a few "boat units"! New alternators, regulators, and AGM batteries were on the short list as the boat had been sitting out of use for eighteen months.
The Preston's are clearly on a fast learning curve (they have already bled air out of the Yanmars fuel lines)and have sorted out the use of the hydraulic furling systems, and repacked the big primary (electric) winches.
We at Crusader wish them a safe trip and look forward to seeing them on the flip side when they head to the Islands!
The Preston's worked hard preparing the boat for their maiden voyage of about 1000 nautical miles to Lake Erie. So from here they are headed inland via the Hudson River. The boat looks great and has already benefitted from new enthusiasm and a few "boat units"! New alternators, regulators, and AGM batteries were on the short list as the boat had been sitting out of use for eighteen months.
The Preston's are clearly on a fast learning curve (they have already bled air out of the Yanmars fuel lines)and have sorted out the use of the hydraulic furling systems, and repacked the big primary (electric) winches.
We at Crusader wish them a safe trip and look forward to seeing them on the flip side when they head to the Islands!
