Life Raft Service

This week we took our 6 man liferaft in for service on Monday making it a family affair so that we would all know what it looked like incase we ever had to use it. This was the first time the raft has been opened since it was brand new in 2011.

The certified repacking service company (Solution One in Tampa, FL) was fantastic and allowed us to observe the unpacking, inflation etc of the raft and explained everything to us and the kids as they went through.

Unpacking our raft

Inflated!!!

Minimal emergency supplies were inside.....BUT we have a well stocked ditch bag with all of the essential items not packed in the raft.We were shown how to right the raft incase it opens upside down or flips over!

And finally before we left we all got inside the raft to see just how big...or small a 6 man liferaft is ;)

Very glad we all got to experience this and see what our raft looks and feels like. Definitely have no intentions of using it, but if we ever have to we are a little better informed now!!!!

Bens Birthday weekend away with his friends

Ben invited 2 friends to do an overnight on the boat this weekend to celebrate his upcoming 11th Birthday....lots of fun:

Friday night sunset with Ben and his Friends out on the kayaks watching the sun go down

Breakfast on Saturday morning after watching the sunrise from front of the boat:

Time for some kayaking off Egmont Key

Sailing in 23 Knots last weekend

Back from the Boat Yard

By:  Ben

Our boat has been gone the past six weeks, getting repainted and servicing the sail drives. We were all exited to get it back once again!

Splashing Cool Runnings...

Rear view...

At the helm with Papa...

Sailing back...

Coming home!

As you can see we enjoyed sailing back! :)

Now Cool Runnings is back and better than ever!

First Post

This is the 1st post on SV Cool Runnings...Good Luck and may the adventures begin ;)