Charlsy and I left Alvin at 6:00am. After a quick stop at HEB for groceries for the boat we set the GPS for Payco Marina on Galveston Bay. Charlsy visited with Steven, Dalton and Justin before she returned to Alvin and I joined the crew aboard the newly renamed “Flipped Out.” The boat was previously named “Snazzy Kitty” and had cutesy decals all around. It was probably a charter boat in its first life.
We left the dock about 10:15am and it seemed we had barely cleared the causeway when we were boarded by the Coast Guard. The check ended in two minor violations (we didn’t have Life Ring and we didn’t have a book of rules we needed both of which we found later BTW).
Back underway, we were really able to progress in our journey toward New Orleans.
Stephen, Dalton and now Justin made tremendous progress on the boat each day. Since the boat was flipped during hurricane Harvey, there is a substantial bit of repair necessary. The triumph for today was getting the toilet working. I had told Justin that I wouldn’t go with them unless there was an operable toilet onboard. Thankfully, these guys realized the importance of my request.
After a long day on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) we dropped an anchor for the evening just outside of Port Arthur.
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