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December 21, 2003

Winter

The Boatered raftup at Angel Island went very well. Lots of photos of the raftup and the impressive Catalina raftup are available.

Since then I've been completing a couple of projects on the boat including the last of the sewage hose upgrades and diagnosing and repairing the air horn. Coming up on the project list is upgrade of the engine air intakes and various other repairs and upgrades.

We took her out on Thanksgiving weekend for a get together with some friends, sight seeing, and dinner in south city. She is running like a champ.

I do have to say I'm looking seriously at upgrading her. I went to the Fort Lauderdale fall boat show and looked at lots of things. I'm either going to get a classic mono-hull or a power catamaran at about 65'. I'm pretty sold on the Pacific Mariner as a mono-hull, but the economy statistics of the power cats are hard to say no to. Being able to cruise at 20kts in a 65' with twin 310hp diesels is pretty amazing.