March 2005 Archives

Hot Days In Houston

By Mark Read on March 8, 2005 8:00 AM |
  • March, 2005 - After months of consideration, extensive travel, and looking at various boats, The Reads purchase Calpurnia, a 2005 Beneteau Oceanis 461. We lived aboard in the Waterford Harbor in Clear Lake, Texas for a months while getting the boat outfitted for the adventures ahead. Many thanks to the folks at Blue Water Ship Store and at South Texas Yacht Services for their invaluable help, service and advice.  

Mark and Robert enjoying life aboard Calpurnia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert enjoying a sunny day sailing in Galveston Bay. He is securely strapped in his car seat, which is strapped to the cockpit bench.

 

 

 

Mark's battle wounds from playing paint ball at his cousin John Elam's 10th birthday party  in Houston. The wound was proudly inflicted by his 9-year old cousin Nate Elam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amy and Robert walking near the Sam Houston statue along the I-45 highway from Houston to Dallas and  admiring the Texas wild flowers which were in full bloom.  Blue bonnets and Indian Paint- brush ruled the day.  Robert got his first history lesson regarding the nation of Texas and its first President.

  • First half of June, 2005 - After a few months back home in KC, we headed back down to Texas. To avoid the hurricane season in the southern latitudes, we decided to have the boat trucked up to Bellingham, WA, which is just north of Seattle.

    In Houston, we took down the mast, the davit (which holds the dinghy) and some other pieces from the top deck so that the boat would be short enough to go on the road. That took Mark and a crew from the South Texas Boat Yard about three scorching hot days to do.

 

Taking a cool swim after a 103 degree day of HOT work on the boat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert's head wounds from diving head first out of his stroller while waiting for Mom and Dad to load up the car in the Waterford Yacht Club parking lot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bulb keel is EXACTLY 3 feet wide, the width of the trailer to set it in was 3' exactly.

Thomas was a hoot and had a motorcycle

Had to remove davit

South Texas - professional and helpful

 

 

 

 

 

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Shirlee Smith commented:

Nice website. I can sympathize with your Rio Dulce curse. We lost our transmission in the Pacific between Mexico and Guatemala and had to spend a month in Puerto Quetzal getting it replaced. With our 6'1" draft, we'll probably never visit Rio Dulce.

Wade Sherrill commented:

Thanks! for sharing your adventure with us. Ruth and I really enjoy your website. We have been looking for your latest adventure for several weeks now, since your last one in early June. Ruth and I have just returned from Lima, Ohio where we visited with Teri and Tyler Jansen (you'll remember her as Teri Browning). Their two little girls, ages 3 and 5 are who we really went to visit, of course (

But WELCOME to the Gulf of Mexico and Ports leading toward Houston, TX and the boring prospect of returning to Overland Park and the Kansas City work-a-day envionment. But I'll be surprised if you don't go on to Florida and up the east coast intercoatal waterway. But if you do, --- please go with another boat and be very careful of the modern day Pirates along the east coast. That is a very real danger these days.

Wade & Ruth Sherrill

Jerry Nagel commented:

Just for info. The MV RICKMERS TOKYO is the full name of the vessel which transited the Panama Canal on 18th July with you.

She is one of 9 sister vessels deployed on Rickmers-Linie Round-The-World Service. She is NOT a tanker --- a general cargo heavy lift breakbulk vessel. She carries heavy machinery to build power plants, refineries, construction equipment, boats - even carries boats the size of your sailboat and larger, along with steel, plywood, and a variety of other cargoes, primarily captital goods in nature.

She is classified as a "Superflex Heavy Multipurpose Carrier" vessel capablie of lifting up to 640 tons with her own gear. She is approximately 630 feet long (192 meters) has a deadweight capacity of 30,000 tons and can cruise at a service speed up to 19.5 knots. She was built in December 2002 in Xiamen Shipyard in China.

For more information about the MV RICKMERS TOKYO (and her sisterships) you can visit the website of Rickmers-Linie,
http://www.rickmers-linie.com

I hope this information is useful to you.

Jerry Nagel
President / CEO
Rickmers-Linie (America) Inc.
Houston, Texas

Liz Worley commented:

Glad to hear you're cleaning up the boat for your upcoming visitors! I'm looking forward to seeing you in nine days and seeing Robert's Three Stooges routines. Never a dull moment!

Wade Sherrill commented:

Ruth and I really enjoy your journal and the pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Wade

Liz Worley commented:

These photos are amazing! I hope, hope, hope Robert remembers all these adventures when he's older. They're priceless!

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