Seadee makeover

Seadee has been in the water since May 2007.  Time for a "makeover".  New bottom paint, wax the hull, inspect the running gear and change the zincs on the prop shafts.  I choose Scorpion Marine in Port Canaveral to do the work.  They have a huge travel lift, required for a 16ft beam and 34 thousand pound boat.  A diver cleans the boat bottom about every 6 weeks to keep the barnacles and marine growth to a minimum.  That job will now be a little easier with fresh bottom paint.

Plans are in the works for some new cruising.  Xmas with my sons and a trip to the Keys in Jan.

May 11 Shuttle launch

Under a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with its crew of seven for a rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The launch was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes the Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.

I took these shots from the cruise ship terminal at Cape Canaveral. Only 8 more shuttle launches are scheduled.

Spring Training Cruise

Using SeaDee as a base of operations, the Allen's enjoyed several Cardinal spring training games in Jupiter Fl.

My brother Tim and his family:

Geoff and Mimi:

and the delivery crew: Larry, Captn Andy, Annie and Jim.

Even David Allen dropped in for dinner one night. It was great fun getting everyone together. This trip is becoming an annual event. A year's worth of hot dogs consumed in 4 days. Big thanks to Annie for helping to get the boat down to Stuart and Jim and Larry, for crewing on the way back.

SeaDee to Stuart

It's spring training time! seaDee has been moved to Stuart and will serve as our base of operations for Cardinals games. Annie took this shot of our breakfast at anchor: Bacon, Berries and Brut.

Very windy conditions, 15-25 kts out of the east, made anchoring a little difficult. It took us several tries to get the anchor set and the night was full of creaks and groans as the relentless winds put strain on the anchor chain.