This is a short photo essay of Jenny's and my trip to Salinas, Puerto Rico to buy "Magus," a Banjer 37 motorsailer boat. For more info about this kind of boat, see: www.banjer37.net
We got there Monday, March 31, after a bunch of airline delays. We still had time to get to get to West Marine, where the biggest purchase was an inflatable dinghy. We then drove to Salinas (about 1.5 hours from San Juan,) getting there maybe at 9 pm. We put together the boat, rowed out to Magus, and crashed.
We then proceeded to make plans, buy a bunch of stuff, and work hard. We needed liability insurance to be able to getthe boat hauled at a boatyard. Short story, our Portland insurance agent (Dan Haley) had an insurance friend who got the insurance for us. We ate some good tropical food, too.
We had to do a lot of things just to get the boat seaworthy enough to make it the 25 miles to the marina we hoped to use: Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club. Hoachee and his guys did a great job with all the projects including the bottom paint. Here are some photos from that stop:
The photo above shows the 100+ pound battery that hadn't worked in many years, but had not been removed.
We were lucky to get in a little vacation time on the way back to Salinas:
See the Barracouda going by?
We then did some more work, and put the boat on a good set of anchors. We spent the last night at the Marina hotel, leaving very early on April 17 for San Juan, and got back into Portland in the afternoon.
5 comments:
Albert! So nice to see the pretty pictures of your shopping trip. Heh. So are you going to re-name the boat or stick with 'Magus'. It does have rather a ring to it.
This would be Susan (Jenny's sister).
Hi Albert!
Congradulations on the Magus!
I wish there had been time in your trip to make it to Culebra. I love the boat and swear I've seen it or it's twin Mored right here in Culebra.
I'm ready to come up there and do a concert. make it happen. lol
keep in touch.
Amy Jo
www.amyjosings.com
for photos of Culebra go to
www.myspace.com/amyjosings
Alicia says "Hey where's the dog?"
Hey, congratulations on the Magus! Doesn't magus mean magician?
Kathy
hey there Albert! How nice to see your beautiful face and read about your adventure. You and Jenny are a sight for sore eyes and I can't believe your baby is old enough to have a boyfriend and fly all the way to the islands by herself. When I left her she was just around 8 maybe and would come in the office to see where you "made money". That was such a great time. More great times ahead my friend for all. I'll stay plugged in to your site now that I found you. All is well here in Pittsburgh but the ocean view isn't near as good as my beloved OOB. Stay happy and safe my dear! love Kathy P!
Hola:
Felicitaciones. Estoy siguiendo su viaje.¿hay mas novedades?.
Suerte.
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