It's a Floater!

 Freedom is back in the water. It was a challenge but "here we go again". Billy I know how you and Deb feel.
 We left Kingston NY on Thursday and stopped in Md. to visit with some friends. This was an easy leg of the trip that only took about four hours. After a great lunch and dinner prepared by Karin plus a good night's sleep we cannon balled to Wando Sc. where Freedom was laid up. Here are a few photos of the SUV we rented to haul "stuff" down there.

Believe it or not there is a 3 cu. ft. freezer in there loaded with frozen food as well. The cooler and our luggage went in just before we left. All of this had to be lifted about 10 feet to get it onto the aft deck of Freedom, and then it had to be stowed below.
 The gates at the marina normally close at 4:00 PM. We arrived Friday at 3:58 PM and checked in at the office. They said one of the employees would be there until 5 so we had one hour to unload and get all this set up on Freedom. We did not like the idea of leaving the freezer at ground level where the animals could get to it. So that was also brought aboard. The cooler and freezer were the worst of it but we got it done and the car back outside the gate when Larry decided it was time to leave for the day.
 So after a couple of nights aboard Freedom on the hard, and a night at a hotel, we launched Freedom on Monday.
 I cannot say enough about the staff here at the Charleston City Boatyard. They are all great friendly folks that hustle to get the job done. They have the equipment to do the job and they do it professionally.
 Anyway after checking all of the sea cocks, hoses, rudder shaft logs, drive shaft logs, and etc. we settled in for the night. We figured that it was best to lay over a night just to be near a lift if anything went wrong.
 Fortunately everything went well and today we took Freedom down the Wando to Charleston Sc. and the City Marina (Mega Dock). The ride down could not have been better. There was not a cloud in the sky and the water was flat calm. Within 20 minutes we were surrounded by dolphins that welcomed us back into the water. At the marina we are well inside where we can provision for the long haul as well as get some maintenance done.
 The front window has to come out again so we can get a new refrigerator installed.
 But all in all things are going well. We're bushed but things are going well.

If you know the boat you can find us on the web cam!

http://www.charlestoncitymarina.com/web_cam.html

Here's a snapshot of Freedom from the webcam.