About Ms Bettencourt

Ms Bettencourt is a Swedish built 25-foot trailerable trawler. Her hull was completed in 1971, No. 1117 of about 2500 built. The boat is named for my wife Dia, whose maiden name is Bettencourt.

This little vessel came to me as a gift in 2004. Before then she had been abandoned about 12 years on the Savannah River near Augusta, GA. I have repaired and refitted the boat extensively, and I have cruised her along the East coast of the US, from Cape Lookout, NC, to the Florida Keys. I dream of taking her to Havana some day.

This blog started in 2011 to chronicle the building of a hard top for the boat to replace leaky canvas. Since then the blog has become an Albin-25 boatkeeping and cruising journal.


Friday, April 11, 2014

Into the wilds! (Finally)

We'll be shoving off from Augusta in a few minutes, bound for Beaufort, SC, via the Savannah River and Thunderbolt, GA. The Savannah riverbanks between here and Savannah are largely uninhabited. No People. No convenience stores. No ice. No groceries. No repair parts. Should be fun.

We will be anchoring on the river two nights before transiting the Port of Savannah to the Wilmington River and thence to Thunderbolt Marina for another overnight before jumping off for Beaufort.

There may be cellphone coverage, in which case we will activate the wireless hotspot and post an update later today or tomorrow.


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