{"id":4406,"date":"2015-04-24T00:26:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T00:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2015-04-24T00:26:13","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T00:26:13","slug":"pandora-in-hibernation-and-pandora-getting-ready-to-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4406","title":{"rendered":"Pandora in hibernation and “Pandora” getting ready to sail."},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Thursday night and it’s been a while since I have posted. \u00a0Since we left Pandora in New Bern, we have driven from NC all the way to central FL and the “new” Pandora.<\/p>\n

Brenda flew out this morning and I FINALLY was able to return the rental car that we have driven around for nearly two weeks. \u00a0 We were both getting sick of driving around in an overstuffed van. \u00a0Brenda was so pleased to be able to step aside from the OVERPACKED van after so many miles traveled.<\/p>\n

Poor Brenda had to ride in the back seat for a good portion of the run south because, our son Christopher, who’s pretty susceptible to motion sickness, opted to ride up front. \u00a0 We “carved” a small spot out in the back for Brenda. \u00a0Pretty tight but she was a good sport. \u00a0At least the boat hook was in place to keep her from falling out if the door was opened.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Yesterday we had the survey on “new Pandora” and the owner, even though I have not transferred all of the funds, agreed that I could move aboard and begin to get ready for the run north. \u00a0My crew, Jim and Michael are due to arrive on Sunday the 3rd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday was really long with the surveyor on board for nearly the entire day. \u00a0Following the successful survey and my signing of the acceptance document, Brenda and I shared some champagne with the seller to toast the successful completion of the deal. \u00a0 As it took since late December to bring everything together it did feel sort of like a “what took so long” moment but it was also pretty exciting to have it done, at long last.<\/p>\n

She was hauled briefly to inspect the bottom. \u00a0 Nice bulb keel. \u00a0You can see how she would be so fast. \u00a0Interestingly, the bulb is lead but the keel itself is composite carbon fiber construction. \u00a0Very strong and it gets the “righting moment” down low.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Nothing particularly traditional about her. \u00a0Very modern.\u00a0<\/span>\"\"<\/a>I am particularly enamored with the retractable bow thruster to help maneuver in tight places. \u00a0And, with nearly 50′ of boat length, EVERYWHERE is tight. \u00a0 It’s pretty neat. \u00a0When deployed it’s in clear water but when retracted, flush with the hull so there is no drag. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>After the survey, and a toast with our friends and sellers, we began to move everything out of the van and aboard. \u00a0Whew, I was bushed.\"\"<\/a>Actually, even before handing all the stuff down to the deck I had had enough. \u00a0 Did I mention that I turn 60 in June? \u00a0How pathetic.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>I made a little progress today but expect that it will take the better part of a week to get all the stuff unpacked and stowed aboard. \u00a0 What a mess. \u00a0 About 2\/3 of the stuff fit in the aft cabin, about as large as all of Pandora. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>The salon not looking to “salon like”. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>However, she looks pretty nice at the dock. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>And, I just love the hard dodger that’s long enough to sleep under, out of the weather.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Thank goodness that she has two zone AC as it’s in the high 80s during the day here. \u00a0 However, we have to manage the energy use as the 30amp service isn’t good enough to run both zones as well as the washer dryer. \u00a0Feel sorry for me? \u00a0I didn’t think so.<\/p>\n

Well, I guess that’s about enough for now as it’s getting late and there’s a t0n of unpacking on the horizon tomorrow. \u00a0 So, here’s looking forward to selling Pandora and getting “Pandora” underway and north to CT in a few weeks.<\/p>\n

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It’s Thursday night and it’s been a while since I have posted. \u00a0Since we left Pandora in New Bern, we have driven from NC all the way to central FL and the “new” Pandora. Brenda flew out this morning and I FINALLY was able to return the rental car that we have driven around for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4419,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions\/4419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}