This is Great Habit being hauled by what is known as a travel lift. It hauls boats out of the water then moves them to where they will be stored. Beats a crane any day!

We became land-people yesterday, and actually slept in a "king size bed" last night. I know Cheryl was around but sure not within reach like on Great Habit.

Haul-out went very well and Great Habit is on a concrete pad with hurricane tie down chains on all four corners just in case the weather here gets wild over the summer. The crew even put more jack stands under her then I've ever used so all is good with respect to her storage.

Projects have been going nicely and so far there have not been any surprises, "good!". Nice to have a storage locker here for our boat things (and there is lots) because it lets us get lots off the boat and that means she will ventilate better during the storage season. Fortunately, Lushi has agreed to look after her while we are gone and will open GH up every couple weeks, and change the de-humidifying crystals we are putting around, so that will keep the mildew at bay. He will also keep us up to date on what is happening with GH.

As everyone knows Great Habit is being listed "For Sale" and we have been working on getting a broker and all that entails. Cheryl has done a wonderful job of staging the boat and the pictures show it. When we get the final listing up and complete, likely a week or so from now, you could see everything on http://yachtworld.com.

One interesting observation that Cheryl and I made over lunch today is that we have our "stuff" stored in a number of places, Ottawa, S'side, Jolly Harbor, family, friends, etc. Nothing is in "our place" because we don't have a place at this point in time - I guess we are what you would call nomads. When we finally settle to our new home it will be fun becoming "belongers" again.