Launch and De-Christening Ceremony

Enfin !  Here we are launching after last minutes checks...

Big spectacle for the Cheshire Restaurant customers!
As you can see, the travel lift is remote operated by trusted Wayne.  

Off the stands, here we go.... we can trust the marina team: Rick, Wayne & co.

Let me give 'em a hand or two..

Last minute sanding and painting before the final launch.

Agave is only 40,000 lbs...

Out you go where you belong... the water.

De-christening ceremony with opening invocation and blessing, expression of gratitude, supplication and de-naming... Extract: "In the name of all who have sailed aboard this vessel in the past and in the name of all who may sail aboard her in the future. We invoke the ancient Gods of wind, Aeolus, and the sea, Neptune, also hailed as Poseidon, to favor us with their blessing today. [...]"

Pouring of the champagne from East to West

 

A long 12-hour day... but so productive and fun...
We are going to miss Pleasure Cove Marina, its staff, and the Cheshire Crab Restaurant... Everyone has been good to us...
Later this month, we plan to do the Christening with our friends down in Solomons... Stay tune for the sail down south.