Windfall is Coming to Sweden!

We had toyed with the idea of keeping Windfall in Northern WI but decided to ship her back to her original home, Sweden. Mattias finally got the shipping company nailed down and a confirmed shipping schedule. He flew to Ft. Pierce and met Windfall at the marina where he left her in January '08. The first picture shows her being lifted from storage on the way to being set back into water. Lucky for Mattias he was able to get her back in the ICW a couple of days earlier than planned. The marina lift operators were in training and used Windfall as their guinea pig! No catastrophes and Mattias was able to push off on Saturday. The first night he docked in Nettles Island, FL. The weather was beastly hot in the 90's and similar percentage humid, with afternoon storms everyday. Standing at the marina dock in Nettles Island, Mattias and others spotted this twister some ways out in the water. Most everyone stood watching and then wondered if they should seek shelter---like under the tiki hut! It was 5 o'clock somewhere--there--- and the boaters must have been one or two too many Mai Tai's not to get the heck out. But the storm passed and Mattias got a nice photo.

The next several nights Mattias was joined by buddy Ted from MN. He flew down to lend a hand and offer company. They travelled from Sunday-Tuesday night and landed in Dania Beach close to Port Everglades as a final stopping point. Tuesday alone they had 20 bridges to get through. Other than that, pretty uneventful with close to zero sailboats out and some rude powerboaters making huge wakes, knocking Windfall with Ted and Mattias aside. Both guys had their share of heat and humidity with drenched clothes during the day and decided to skip the last two nights aboard in favor of a/c, a cool shower and a hotel. Next day Mattias got her ready for shipment in July. On Thursday, both Ted and Mattias headed their separate ways after a fun journey.

A local FL captain will see that Windfall gets aboard in July for her shipment to Kalundborg, Denmark. The boat will arrive there the end of July and Mattias and friends will sail her over to us.

Happy Sailing!

Carrie