Why is that Nordy scowling?
Well, I can tell you why.
The good news is that we got the boat down to Seattle without any drama. The batteries were a bit flat and could start the generator and wing engine, but we had to run a charger for a while to get the main started. Then some fussing around to figure out how everything works, and we were off.
But when we stepped on the boat, it was clear there was a different, unexpected problem. The salon was packed full of stuff, boxed, padded, tied, etc. Probably a couple thousand pounds of lead ballast for trimming the boat, radar parts, inside and outside tables, chairs, pedestals, spare parts, etc. It's a lot of stuff, which is pretty normal, I think the inventory listed around 100 boxes.
Well, it got loose, and if ever there were a lesson in how much damage loose stuff can do in a boat, this was it. The salon wood work is pretty much completely destroyed everywhere below the windows. Walls are smashed in, doors smashed and ripped off, dents and dings everywhere, and the floor is ruined too. Lead ballast bricks were everywhere, spare plumbing fittings. Even the cast iron grates for the stove were smashed to bits. The 8' radar antenna which was not installed for safe keeping, was literally ripped in half.
We got the mess cleaned up, and did a first inventory of boxes noting which are clearly damaged. Tomorrow we start a more in depth inventory and start coming up with a plan to fix it.
Sigh....
