Stepping the mast

Before & After pictures:

At Barkers Island Marina, Superior, Wisconsin - the marina crew did a great job putting our mast back up.  We even got the dodger and bimini back on, and the wiring connected.

Truck Travelift Lake

pictures from today's transport and launch:

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who helped us move Ihana from the Mississippi River to Lake Superior – we could not have done it without you:

·      Pete Anderson (Lake City) – taking down the mast and wrapping up the boat for shipping.

·      Jeff & Mark (Lake City Marina) – travel-lifting the boat onto the truck..

·      Brad & Jeanne (Cross Country Boat Transport) – keep on trucking!

·      Officers Gassert & Biel (US Customs & Border Protection, Duluth) – helping us get the forms and numbers for remote re-entry into the USA from Canada.

·      Scott, Eric, & their crew (Barkers Island Marina) – unloading and travel-lifting the boat from the truck back into the water.

Lake Superior!

Ihana arrived today at Barkers Island Marina.  Our boat is off the truck and in the water. Tomorrow is mast-stepping at the gin pole.  Say, tonight, speaking of gin ...

[This photo was not taken from the top of the mast ...]

First Leg of Journey - from river to lakes

Tomorrow about 8:30 am, sv-Ihana gets lifted out of the water at Lake City and onto a semi-trailer/flatbed. We drive north to Duluth to meet with US Customs & Border Patrol, so we can just call in when crossing back into the USA. (Fee is $16 per person.) Barkers Island Marina in Superior, WI, has confirmed they are ready to receive our boat and step the mast and put on the standing rigging. NLSC friends are already on their boats up at Barkers.  Then 2 to 3 days of re-rigging - sails, dodger, bimini, masthead wiring, radar pole, radar and AIS VHF antenna, and cleaning of course. Loading dinghy and its outboard. Fuel cans, fuel and pumpout.

Ihana is ready for transport to the Great Lakes

View of Ihana from the top of the mast. The bimini, dodger, sails and boom are all off and stowed.  That's Ilona in the cockpit and Bob on the pier.



Ihana, with her mast down, awaits transport to Lake Superior on Thursday.

    

Preparing to ship the ship, day one

Sails off and stowed; lines off and stowed, most canvas (dodger) off and stowed, bimini comes off tonight. Both folding bikes in the locker. Mast electric wires disconnected and labeled. And it only took 2.5 hours. Tomorrow am, Ihana goes to the gin pole and the boom and mast come down (gently, we hope) and get cushioned and tied up, supported by wood beams at stern and bow. Then we probably will go home for 2 days and let the trucking company do its thing. Air conditioning will be most appreciated. Natural air conditioning in Superior, WI, for Thursday. Supposed to be in the 60's. We will meet the boat up there, then comes 2-3 days putting Ihana back together. Wow- we are really doing it!