After all of the fluid samples came back and we cleaned up a few details, we finalized the deal and closed on November 7. Misty Pearl is ours! Very exciting and scary times for a family of land-lubbing desert dwellers.
Buying a boat is a tad more complicated than buying a car. For example, obtaining the required Coast Guard documentation–at least in our case–required hiring yet another expert. We now have that wrangled. Getting insurance also was tricky but that’s done as well.
If Google Earth was up-to-the-minute current, Misty Pearl would be in this photo of Zimmerman Marine’s Mathews Shipyard:
This is where she’ll sit until she is delivered up the Potomac to DC in March. Our plan right now is to moor at The Yards Marina, which is less than 5 nautical miles from Georgetown.