Go Pro time lapse on the St Johns river, Palatka Florida on Spoonbill a Great Harbour N-47

Here is a link to the YouTube video we did with my GoPro Camera. Not the best but our first time using the camera It was shot at 1 photo every 6 seconds (10 photos per minute 1000 photos total). 

http://youtu.be/8ma-jDM9X10

Well it's Official

We are now the proud owner of the Motor Vessel John Henry (soon to be renamed and christened Quiet Company) a 2006 Great Harbour GH-47 Trawler.

The last few months have been filled with many ups and downs, excitement and anxiety as we a lot of time evaluating, contemplating, wondering should we buy such a large boat.

So many questions like:

Where will we keep it?

How will we get it home?

How much work will the upkeep be?

Does this boat layout best fit our needs?

Will we really enjoy it as much as we think?

Are we spending too much money (or not getting a good deal)?

How much money will we burn through owning it?

What will we be able to sell it for?

What else does the boat need to be fully operational?

What about insurance, taxes, maintenance and operating cost?

Will our family and friends join us and enjoy the boating lifestyle with us?

Will we be OK with being away from home for extended periods of time?

Will it be as much fun as we think it will?

Etc...etc...etc......

So the decision point came and we decided to commit. Do we know all the answers...many but not all... but as with many things in life you can analysis, and calculate until your blue in the face, but at some point you have to decide and we decided to go for it!

Was it a good decision, "Time will Tell"....

After all....Its what life is...It's an Adventure!

A New Adventure begins....GH-47

Today is November 17, 2013 and today I started a new adventure. I flew from Evansville Indiana back down to Jacksonville Florida. From there a rental car back to Green Cove Springs to stay overnight on the motor vessel Spoonbill.

Spoonbill which is the boat that we chartered back and September for a week on the St. Johns River. We became interested in Great Harbour Yacht's after touring Joe Pica's boat and Randy Semper's boat in Owensboro Kentucky on their way down the Ohio River. We had the opportunity to take them to dinner at Moonlight barbecue and thoroughly enjoyed touring their boats. As I learn more and more about the great Harbour yacht's I continued to be impressed. This summer we spent two weeks on Great Harbour yacht an N37 and a N47 (37 and 47). When we first came into Green Cove Springs John Henry a GH 47 was anchored at the marina. The boat was for sale and Ken Fickett the manufacturer of Great Harbour yacht's gave us a tour. After having spent two weeks this summer on  N-37 and a N-47 we were very impressed with the quality of the workmanship and the solid feel of the boat.

 This was also reflected in the GH 47 motor vessel named John Henry. John Henry is more of a pilothouse trawler versus a ocean cruiser and has three bedrooms 2 1/2 baths and a full pilothouse. It shares the same hull design from the rub rail down as the N47. Long story short we started negotiating the purchase John Henry and have made an offer which has been accepted and I'm now in Florida for the survey. The survey for a boat is essentially the same as a house inspection for buying a home and of equal importance. The boat will be hauled out of the water, the bottom power washed and a surveyor will be here on Tuesday to analyze and check out the boat. Assuming no major deficiencies are found we will accept the boat and John Henry will be ours.