Monday May 8th to Wednesday May 10th in Dana Point – We handed over our final payment and they handed us the keys! Yay! But not quite time to celebrate yet — we had additional business to take care of. Our insurance required us to be certified by a captain before we could operate the boat on our own. This meant being tested on our new boat, and not passing would be bad. Continue reading
Sunday, May 7th 2006 in Dana Point One day left before we take official delivery. We went to see how everything turned out after a final flurry of work by Nordhavn. We called and found out something neat. Continue reading
After almost three years of planning and waiting something has happened…
We took delivery of Kosmos! Woohoo!
We have stories, pictures and video to share. However we do not have the time to share them right now, but we will soon. Training and wrapping up the final things on the Kosmos is consuming all our time.
Some quick updates: We have been spending the night on the boat, it has been great. We had a licensed captain aboard to test us for insurance purposes, and we passed the test. We went to Catalina for our first shake down cruise. During that trip we had around 20 dolphins riding the wave that the front of the boat makes, and 3 tiny little sparrow-like birds that found their way into the pilothouse.
And.. And.. And… Ok, we need to get back to work. More training and more things to organize. As we mentioned before, we are looking forward to be able to truly relax and enjoy Kosmos. Right now it is hectic.
Blog calm = very busy Christi and Eric.
Kosmos is close to being done. We do not like to write about detailed future plans here on the blog, but you can be sure we will report when we take delivery. Also we do not want to jinx anything by prognosticating on dates.
Suffice to say, we are very excited. A long term dream is reaching a turning point. We will soon have a new home, which happens to be a boat. There is enormous responsibility having a boat like this. It feels a little overwhelming right now. We are not there yet, but we look forward to being able to relax with friends and family aboard Kosmos. We know it will take a little while.
In the meantime many things dance in our heads: Continue reading