Wednesday, March 15, 2017

What does one do for 10 months on a boat?

Sunrise or Sunset? Anonymous
  Have had a few questions/concern about what you and Lincoln are going to do for 10-11 months?
Beside having to endure such things as many a sunrise and sunset as in the picture above; each day will be an adventure. Having read numerous articles on what to do and not to do "Loopers" seem to agree on one thing:
  1.  RULE 1: the PRIME DIRECTIVE, here follows: “WHEN TRAVELING BY BOAT, THOU SHALT NOT HAVE A SCHEDULE!”  That is to say: THE MOST DANGEROUS THING EVER CARRIED ABOARD A BOAT IS A SCHEDULE! 
Quote from: Travels of the Monk 36 Trawler, m/v Sanctuary


On the way around the Loop, you will cruise right by: by Capt. John

59 Forts &Fortresses
52 National Parks
48 Lighthouses
46 US Historical Sites
42 Island top listed Vacation spots
40 Famous grave sites
22 U.S. (minimum)
18 Pirate & Civil War Shipwrecks
12 Civil War Battlefields 
1 UFO sighting reported ??
1- The oldest city on U.S.
1- The oldest city in Canada
Statute of Liberty
                                                                     The Erie Canal
9 Reported Big Foot sightings


Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. 

(Attributed to Mark Twain)

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Closer look at Great Harbour TT35

Included in this post are a few more "renderings" of the TT35 from the magic of cad-cam. As the first couple of "TT35 prototypes" move from the visionary brain of Mirage Manufacturing, to engineering drawings, to a manufacturing the fine tuning continues. What will the TT35 look like as the first one or two leave the manufacturing facility.

Going to Gainesville tomorrow to see what  Spirit Song has become since the mold of our last visit.
Looking from Capt. chair aft

Latest Interior Design Rendering

The interior design concept is pretty much complete. As the initial boats are assembled there will be some changes. The overall "living space" on the TT35 for us is the feature we desired for a live aboard cruiser. Great Harbour Trawlers has captured the key elements of making the TT35 a "home" on water.