February 16-22 2009
The week started out with boat maintenance. First, the shower sump; what a mess! Then around to the neighbors’ boats giving them a hand. Andy needed help running cable for his new radar. I had to crawl into some tight spaces on his boat to find the correct pathway for the cable. Paul needed help with an engine over heat issue. Turned out to be a clogged heat exchanger, which resulted in a Kool-Aid solution flush. Many thanks to the Hatteras forum for this guarded secret procedure.
Wednesday’s lunch sail with six passengers turned out to be great. We departed the dock at 1110 and returned at 1310. Four of our passengers were repeat customers and two were last minute customers from the Beach Place Guest Houses. The wind was out of the south and blowing about 17knots so we put a reef in the main sail and headed south under power so we could take advantage of the wind on our backs and a warmer ride north back to the marina.
Our sunset sail on Sunday evening was full. Previous local customers brought a couple friends with them to experience the magic of Indianrivercruises.com! We sailed south on a reach, our speed about 6.6 knots. After a quick tack we sailed back north close hauled and not as fast. Our guests were delighted by a pod of playful dolphin that swam close to the boat.
We just added two new pages to our website. “SAILING SCHOOL”, for those who want to learn how to sail aboard a 47’ catamaran and “ BOAT DELIVERIES”, for those who would like their boats repositioned along the east coast or Bahamas.
All in all, we had a great week. We got the chance to visit with some past customers and make new friends along the way. What a business!
The week started out with boat maintenance. First, the shower sump; what a mess! Then around to the neighbors’ boats giving them a hand. Andy needed help running cable for his new radar. I had to crawl into some tight spaces on his boat to find the correct pathway for the cable. Paul needed help with an engine over heat issue. Turned out to be a clogged heat exchanger, which resulted in a Kool-Aid solution flush. Many thanks to the Hatteras forum for this guarded secret procedure.
Wednesday’s lunch sail with six passengers turned out to be great. We departed the dock at 1110 and returned at 1310. Four of our passengers were repeat customers and two were last minute customers from the Beach Place Guest Houses. The wind was out of the south and blowing about 17knots so we put a reef in the main sail and headed south under power so we could take advantage of the wind on our backs and a warmer ride north back to the marina.
Our sunset sail on Sunday evening was full. Previous local customers brought a couple friends with them to experience the magic of Indianrivercruises.com! We sailed south on a reach, our speed about 6.6 knots. After a quick tack we sailed back north close hauled and not as fast. Our guests were delighted by a pod of playful dolphin that swam close to the boat.
We just added two new pages to our website. “SAILING SCHOOL”, for those who want to learn how to sail aboard a 47’ catamaran and “ BOAT DELIVERIES”, for those who would like their boats repositioned along the east coast or Bahamas.
All in all, we had a great week. We got the chance to visit with some past customers and make new friends along the way. What a business!
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