Friday evening Chris and I (along with incredible help from my brother Mike) finally launched Christine Marie. The ramp at Lighthouse Point was still high, and getting her free of the trailer posed some challenges, but a big push from Mike, who was thigh-deep in freezing water, finally got her moving. We cleared the overhead on the Route 56 bridge, and managed to shoot the narrow gap between the bridge abutments and the still-underwater steel deck that will carry the construction crane.
She handles well- seems quick to turn and fairly nimble. It will certainly take some practice to learn to back her into her slip, though! The Ohio is still very high and full of floating debris -- from whole trees to pop bottles -- so we haven't "wrung her out" yet... but the indicators are that she will be a good little cruiser!
What a wonderful find you made on this cruiser Babe! We will have MANY happy days with her.
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