Aboard, at the slip
Power
New inlet, new cable, a galvanic isolator, and 120 volts arriving on the boat properly for the first time. Also a lesson about seacocks.
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Written aboard, or shortly after
The Captain's Log
Days on the water, days in the boatyard, and the occasional day spent upside down in a locker with a torch in my teeth.
Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club
Under her own power
A few hundred yards from the temporary slip to the permanent one — the first time Swallow moved with us aboard, and the first real test of an engine we were not sure about.
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Oak Point, Lake Lewisville
She's ours
Sea trial, signatures, and the handover of one key. After the better part of a year looking, the search ended on a Sunday afternoon in June.
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