Mobil Bay arrival

Rising Star is resting comfortably on the hard at Turner Marine on Mobile Bay. Jim at Marine Tech picked it up Monday morning at Fourwinds and delivered it safe and sound on Tuesday.


The crew at Turner Marine had it on stands within 20 minutes of arrival. De Anne did a quick inventory and declared everything safe and sound.











We spent the next few days re-installing hardware, davits, solar panel, mast, boom, and lines. De Anne cleaned strap marks and waxed the hull. She did find time to visit several cruisers. One German couple on a huge catamaran, and a British couple on a ferro-cement boat were in to have their masts stepped after coming in from the Great Circle loop. She also met a man from Atlanta who is leaving at the end of the month on an east-to-west circumnavigation. We may meet up with the British couple in the Bahamas. Their ferro-cement boat will not be hard to pick out at a distance - it is green hulled with orange and white trim and looks like a pirate ship with carved wooden rails and posts and lots of rat lines leading up the two masts.

The fitting out went so quick and smooth we decided to spend a few days in Atlanta visiting family.