Delivering Le Bateau A' Voile

View from La Bateau A' Voile

Kelvin and Ginny recently sold their 40-foot Irwin, Le Bateau A' Voile,  to a gentleman in Corpus Christi. Part of the deal was to deliver it from Port Arthur to Corpus Christi. Kelvin graciously asked Butch and I to crew.  I jumped at the opportunity.  I've made many trips in the Gulf but never overnight, much less a two-day, two-night trip.  I took this as an opportunity to gain experience and knowledge from two old salts with a ton of experience.

In viewing weather projections, my concern was that we would be motoring the 240 mile trip, because of a lack of wind.  I was half-wrong.  The second half.