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.


Saturday, September 6, 2014

Home again

Ms. Bettencourt's lengthy overhaul -- May 19 to August 7 -- has finally concluded. She's back at her dock, sparkling white inside and out, and ready for her next trip.




My friend Major and I plan to trailer the boat to Savannah sometime in October, then cruise to Beaufort, SC, Charleston, and return.

Dates will be set soon.






Meanwhile, we have a new  cruiser in the neighborhood. She acts like she owns the river.



It is unusual to see alligators in this part of the Savannah River. This one has been hanging around my next-door neighbor's dock for about a month. She appears to be about six feet long from snout to tail tip.



I think this one feeds on fish, turtles,snakes and -- perhaps -- an occasional dismounted wakeboard rider.

(I have noticed that the wakeboard and water ski traffic has diminished considerably in the last few weeks).



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