With the purchase of KATIE MACK completed, it was time to move her from Washington to Maine. Jack, the seller, recommended a boat transport company that he had used to transport her from Southern California.
KATIE MACK was loaded onto the transporter and headed East on June 9, 2013. The driver called us with regular updates of his progress. He had easy driving the first three days until he crossed the Mississippi River– at which point the State regulations for wide loads became more cumbersome: no travel allowed through this state on these days or at these hours, and no travel through that state on those days and hours.
It took another 6 days to finally arrive in Yarmouth, ME on June 18th. The driver said everywhere he stopped, KATIE MACK drew lots of attention and he could have sold her a dozen times. He did an awesome job — the only damage sustained over the 3,300 mile trip was to part of the portside navigation light foot and a little “road rash” on the pilothouse caused by low branches along the streets leading to the marina.
We are fortunate that the closest marina to us, Yankee Marina, also has a four-sling travel-lift. It is owned and managed by a friend of ours, Deborah Delp. A nice feature of the marina is a webcam that allows viewers to point the camera to see their vessels tied up at the slips!