Sigmachi Views From The Crew

Ahoy All! Low and Behold...we found the future SIGMACHI in Port Haywood, Virginia at the Horn Harbor Marina...Figuratively in our backyard! With the help of Deltaville Boat Yard, we are refitting the 40-foot Flush Deck Flying Bridge Pacemaker into an America's Great Loop ready vessel.      In September we hope to bring SIGMACHI to our other cruising club's (MTOA (Marine Trawlers Owners Assn)), Northern Rendezvous in Cape Charles, Virginia. One of the rituals of owning a yacht is choosing a hailing port for Coast Guard documentation.   Jeanne and I chose beautiful Hobe Sound, Florida to be our "hailing port" because of its natural beauty, and boating paradise. The cleanest, and most tastefully decorated "loo" that we found on our winter search for a Looper Vessel was in the Hobe Sound area.   SIGMACHI's new Home Port! Hope to see you on our travels! Look forward to our Seafood Feast report soon of ...

Greetings All,  Yes it is time for  a comprehensive summary since our last written post and amplification of our posted video!  Jeanne and I arrived home last Sunday night (July 29th) from a week on SIGMACHI in Deltaville, VA.  Yes, we were to take SIGMACHI on a maiden voyage of about 20 miles  to a Marine Trawler Owners Assn (MTOA) Rendezvous in Kilmarnock at the Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club....but severe winds and monsoon like rains early in the week kept us at or away from the dock.  Away from the dock?  Yep, so far away on the leeward side of the dock that there was a 4 foot gap between SIGMACHI and the wooden dock planks.  Such was the velocity of the wind that the lines on the starboard side of the boat (two forward and two aft, two spring lines, and two breast lines) left permanent line indentations in each of their respective wooden pilings. SIGMACHI has a high freeboard.   We were unable to get ashore for a 33hr. period.  Another time when we had successfully disembarke...

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