Wow! Things sure can move fast. Thanks to this blog we have just sold Leu Cat in less than 3 days! Whoo Hoo!

Just a few days ago, last Thursday to be specific, the broker who sold S/V Shift (another 2006 Lagoon 440) emailed to us his market assessment and the listing price that we should consider for Leu Cat. He is based out of BVI and I had emailed him our boat details with a word of warning that we had a blog reader who was interested in buying our boat. I told him that we would pass his information on and if the blog reader decided to buy Leu Cat, then we would sell it directly ourselves. He was fine with that but was anxious to list our boat because the 3 or 4 other people who bid on Shift, were interested in Leu Cat also.

To make a very short story shorter, Brian and Linda, who are currently exploring the jungles and Andes of Columbia, just bought Leu Cat! They are buying Leu Cat as is, along with a bunch a stuff that is aboard her. To close the deal, Leu Cat will have to pass survey inspection (this is like a home inspection when you sell your house). However, knowing Leu Cat the way we do, we are confident that she should pass with only a few very minor notables. After all, the surveyor will have to justify his fee by finding something.

Right before we first moved on aboard Leu Cat, when she was just a one year old, we had her surveyed for insurance purposes. We had her in charter for the first year while we sold our house and closed down our company. We had requested that she charter out as last in the charter fleet to lessen any wear. She went out only 8 times during that year, but that paid for all of her maintenance and dockage fee and we were able to pocket some money to boot. At that time, I was surprised that the surveyor could find anything, since she was still new. However, he did find a few very minor issues. My guess is that the upcoming survey will find a few more issues this time but nothing significant.

Brian and Linda will be flying into Sint Maarten on July 4th. We are scrambling to get the boat up to "new" condition. We have hired Kunta, a local maintenance fellow to help up with that. Thus, for 10 hours today, Mary Margaret, Kunta and I worked, worked and worked some more. We are making great progress but it is taking a toll. Both Mary Margaret and I are stiff, sore and exhausted... and we still have three more days ahead of us. Ugh!