Trucking 'Junessa'
04 April 2007 | San Diego, CA
Today was a VERY BUSY one indeed! I got up at Ohhh-dark thirty and drove the rent-a-car the two miles to the boat yard and was going to jog back to the boat. However, when I got to the boat yard, the crews were telling me that their cranes were locked out by OSHA and that I couldn't pull my mast for maybe another 4-5 days! Of course I was pulling my hair out trying to get some answers...
It took about two hours to get a straight answer about the crane. The boat yard was going to use one of their OLD dock cranes to pull my mast. What ever will work!
I called up the shipping company to verify the driver was in town and to see what time he was going to show up at the yard.... another glitch! He looked up Bristol 29 instead of BCC 28 for the weights... HUGE DIFFERENCE! 'Junessa' is about 18,000 lbs! and that put me right on the edge of max gross weight for the truck! After a few phone calls, the trucking company called back and said the driver will make it happen....oh great! I could just see on the news, truck and sailboat in a huge heap off the road....
It took me about 5 hours of non-stop work to get the boat prepped to go on the truck. Pull the mast, bundle it up, put everything away inside the boat, and more....
JUNESSA was loaded up around 4pm and headed NORTH to Gig Harbor. She is supposed to arrive in 3-4 days! EXCELLENT!
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The adventure begins!!!!