(Ep. 11) Our Boat Is In The Water! The "Shakedown"

For more details on getting the boat in the water and the shakedown check out our blog at http://www.thecatandthemermaid.com/2017/04/14/our-boat-is-in-the-water-the-shakedown/. You can help support the creative process and hard work of making these videos by joining our crew and becoming one of our Patrons here https://www.patreon.com/Thecatandthemermaid You can check out our pages on facebook for more real time photos. For The Cat & The Mermaid https://www.facebook.com/thecatandthemermaid/ And for Nauti Mermaid at https://www.facebook.com/nautimermaidcruises/. We are out on the hard at St. Augustine Marine Center and finishing up on projects while we wait to install the new generator on our new to us 2006 Lagoon Catamaran. The marina uses a forklift to lift out the old generator and to lift in our new one. After replacing, installing and fixing several things the marina gives us a lift back into the water. We get to tie up to the dock overnight after being splashed but have to leave early in the morning. We have to replace an impeller before getting underway and maneuver off the dock in high winds and strong currents in a tight channel to get underway on our shakedown. We breakdown our shakedown sailing trip into 3 days motoring (and some motor sailing) in the ICW. Our mast height of 60' permits us to pass under the fixed bridges in the ICW. We have several electrical issues and minor things with the motor as well as VHF issues on the first leg of our trip. We drop anchor in Daytona the first day, Titusville the second day, and sail home to Vero beach the third and final day of the trip. We are now officially in go time as we have to finish moving aboard and get our house ready to sell.