Launch and a Quick Trip Home

Elysium ready to move
Moving around the corner
Elysium in the travel lift
Picked up in the yard
Elysium mast moving to yacht yard
Here comes the rig
Unpacking Elysium Mast
Straighten it all out
Unpacking Elysium mast
Put the rig on the boat
Stepping Mast on Elysium
There she sits
Setting the mast on Elysium
She's a tall one
Removing mast teather
Dan up to disconnect
First bottle of champagn broken on bow
Champagn christening
Elysiums first Florida water dunk
In da water
Elysium being lowered to water
Good, she's dry
Elysium heading home on her own bottom
Heading Home
Elysium arriving home
Almost there

Whew, What a Day!

Friends as well as Wendy and I arrived to move the boat. Move it a couple hundred yards from one boat yard to one with a travel lift. The transport driver was concerned he couldn't get the boat out. It had briefly rained the night before and he was concerned his wheels would simply spin in place. Luckily the boat moved. Around the corner we went, Elysium was unloaded into a travel lift and we were good to go. Next the Crane operator arrived and he wanted to simply lift the Mast over the lot line - over some power cables. We all stood back. Up and over it went. Everything was now in the yard next door . Time to sort out the shrouds and stays, then set the mast. With the mast in place and bystanders cheering us on we christened our Westsail 42 - Elysium. In the water she went. Dan and I hopped onto the boat checking that there were no leaks. She was dry. Start the engine. All good. The following day she moved home on her own bottom.