This is going to be a quick post, but I wanted to try and get everyone up to speed on this trip. I didn't mean to leave this trip in "limbo", but that is exactly what has happened for the past two weeks.
A quick recap: We lost the starboard pod/transmission on the trip from Charleston, SC up the east coast. We limped in on one engine and ended up in Wrightsville Beach, NC back on July 11th. From there it has been a long road to get the boat repaired. Long story short, the boat has a new transmission on the starboard pod and I picked the boat up yesterday, July 30th. This morning I departed out of Wrightsville Beach with an incredibly talented and resourceful first mate by the name of Ray Batt. Ray was kind enough to help me on very short notice to get the boat up to Buffalo. We ran the boat 232 miles today up to Coinjock, where Ray had the pleasure of partaking in the tradition of the famous Prime Rib. Boat ran great today without issue. We are hopeful for another good run again tomorrow. We might make it up to Cape May, NJ if the weather cooperates.
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