Plans and Stimulus Package

Ok, so when we do get underway again we will have cranked up aluminim extrusion plants, stainless steel wire plants and even a sail loft in the US.  It is a sort of mini stimulus package wroght on the marine world courtesy of the goode schipp Why Knot. Estimated lead time on the various parts is about 3 weeks. 

We will begin phase two of "living the dream" at the Seabrook Marine yard on the Industrial Canal, New Orleans at 30 degrees, 01' 26.85"N, 90 degrees 01' 58.48" W. 
For kicks, if interested one really cool way to track us is on Google Earth, a free program that provides maps, charts, satellite and even photos of any place on the mud ball.  Another one is Active Captain to which we contribute and it is an excellent, almost one-stop navigation program that is actively updated by boats underway.  In some respects, it is better than the printed guides most of whom are at least a year old.  Back to Google Earth.  At the very bottom of the view, you will see the Latitude and Longtitude.  You can locate us that way or just type in a location name.  For instance, we plan to take it easy from now on and that means our first day, once out of New Orleans will be to an anchorage at roughly 30 degrees 08'44.45"N and 89degrees 38'29.23" W.  If you look on Google Maps you can get there quickly by typing in Rabbit Island and you will see an oxbow (U shaped bend in an ancient river bed).  There is an abandon oil platform there and we will anchor near it.  I am told that just a few miles east of that, the water turns from muddy to clear.  That will be our last anchorage in Louisiana as we travel east bound. 

Climb aboard in a couple of weeks and see what we see along the way.