We have sold our house and moved aboard. It was extremely fast as we were only listed for a week and had 4 offers. We agreed 11th March as closing and the pressure was on.
Our first task was to get a new home for Moosetracks. We made a short list of our preferred marinas and rang round to see availability. To our surprise and delight the first 3 marinas all had vacant slips to suit Moosetracks. We visited all three to check out facilities and the actual slips. We chose the St Petersburg Municipal Marina as it was a great location, great slip on the West Dock and nice facilities. Some good friends Al and Francis had just left this slip and recommended it to.
So all went well the weekend before and we filled a POD with our furniture we want to keep for later and moved out of the house and onto the boat. Now that's a lot of stuff to fit into 45 feet!
The week of closing was hectic with the usual stuff but all went well and we are now closed.
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| Moosetracks in her new slip |
We have been going to work from the boat for a week now and apart from forgetting towels going to and from the shower it seems to be settling in just fine.
Our neighbors all introduced themselves and seem to be a great bunch. It is very quite around here though between 6-7am when we leave for work. The first weekend seems to have picked up a bit more with lots more owners visiting their boats.
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| Sun Rise at our slip |
It's a very nice view as you can see, with open water out to the sea walls. We have not had much waves or surge and the weekend traffic seems pretty slow inside the harbor.
Parking here seems to be working out, but with the St Pete grand prix coming up I'm sure we'll have more challenging parking very soon.
There are also great walks around the marina and the surrounding downtown areas.
Fair Winds to all Devin & Liz.
