First photos of the boat from the factory in La Rochelle, France!
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The Ocean Crew: For the crossing I have hired a professional crew from England. The captain is Robin Kenny, 49 years old with 178,000 logged sea miles and 25 Atlantic crossing. He will have three additional crew members of which I will be one. For a short while, Rocky Keyes will join the crew as we depart La Rochelle and sail down the coast of Europe. We will drop him off as his college holiday closes and he will fly back to Austria.
LOCKED AND LOADED Just packed 870 pounds of boat stuff in a 4'x4'x4' crate and sent it by truck to New Jersey then on a ship to France. It should be there when we arrive in La Rochelle. It is absolutely amazing the stuff you have to buy for a trip like this. In addition to all the nautical equipment, you need everything for your domestic life such as pots, pans, ice maker, knives, spoons, towels, blankets, sheets, pillows, and on and on. It is like coming home one night and your wife serves you divorce papers and you need to move into an empty apartment. You need everything. In my case I am keeping the wife but she needs everything too. Barry