Well I can honestly say that the first night aboard even your third boat is not an easy nights sleep. Mary and I spent our first night aboard La Tempestad (Nordhavn 3522) Tuesday and it was as restless a night as we experienced with our previous two Nordhavn's. I found myself playing with the heater settings, checking power draw on the amp meter, playing with cable TV settings and listening to every sound as I tried to familiarize myself with the boat. Even our small dog who we let sleep at the foot of the bed made it known she missed her real bed at home. I don't think any of us got any real sleep.
Then we had the interior crew showing up at 1000hrs to take measurements (very bad planning on my part and Mary let me know it). We made it through the morning though it was not easy. We even took the boat out for a couple of hours. Again I found myself nervously listening, feeling and smelling everything as we motored around the bay. Stuffing box was running a little hot so we made the outing short as I kept trying to loosen up the coupling and get some water to drip which appears I did once we back at the dock. One nice thing about a smaller boat is how easy it is to wash and dry the hull after being out on the water.
Last night we had dinner at an old favorite Mexican restaurant along with a couple of margaritas and slept much better! Waking up on the water is sure a great feeling. I think we made the right choice returning to boating.
John T.
Then we had the interior crew showing up at 1000hrs to take measurements (very bad planning on my part and Mary let me know it). We made it through the morning though it was not easy. We even took the boat out for a couple of hours. Again I found myself nervously listening, feeling and smelling everything as we motored around the bay. Stuffing box was running a little hot so we made the outing short as I kept trying to loosen up the coupling and get some water to drip which appears I did once we back at the dock. One nice thing about a smaller boat is how easy it is to wash and dry the hull after being out on the water.
Last night we had dinner at an old favorite Mexican restaurant along with a couple of margaritas and slept much better! Waking up on the water is sure a great feeling. I think we made the right choice returning to boating.
John T.