Steve, Michael and Sam all arrived in Charleston late on Saturday to join the trip to move Nefertari to the Bahamas. After a few trips to the airport and some good BBQ Saturday afternoon and evening, we spent the entire day on Dec 2, preparing the boat and provisioning. Since the boat had been acting as a staging point for all of my things for the last week, the junk had to be organized so we could fit four people on board, along with food, booze, etc. Steve worked on getting some of the gear situation while Michael and Sam stuffed every nook and cranny with our provisisions and all the junk I still had. I ended up having to dump even more stuff before we left – the purging was an ongoing effort.
Steve and Michael got the outboard running and tested it out on the dinghy. A little bit of carbuerator junk to burn off, but runs ok. Needs a little seafoam to get it cleaned out better.