Pearl, our new motor yacht, well she's not new, 2006 the same year as our old boat Agua Therapy.
Pearl has 2 engines, nothing too big, 2 x Yanmar 240 HP turbo's, no sports cruiser and not much faster than A.T. but just fast enough for us. Can't see the point of doing what we are doing and missing things.
48 foot but from the anchor to the swim platform she's 50ft
Yes she has a mast without the flappy things, it drops down so we can get under low bridges.
The draft is 4ft so now we can go to places that we couldn't before and maybe have more protection when we get into some of the anchorages.
We have plans to improve / change a few things, mind you she is pretty much ready to move without doing much.
Getting all our personal things from Fort Lauderdale that are in store is the first job and storing it all is a task involving renting a car to pull a covered trailer. Its a long drive to Jacksonville where the boat is. Having said that there is so much storage space on Pearl it means I can go shopping for more shoes / clothes, just joking and Don is giving me "the look".
Learning about the new systems and how to dock and moor is going to be fun (hopefully not expensive) but we had a twin screw before but that was only 38ft with better visibility.
This is just a little info for you so BFN until the next post.
Glenys and Don on Pearls new adventure
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