Monday, October 27, 2008

A Day On The Delta

A couple of weeks ago I saw a craigslist ad that said "Free Boat". It was posted 20 minutes before I saw it. I emailed the guy, he replied and to make a long story short, I got a free boat. It's an older fiberglass, tri-hull boat from 1975, but it was in decent condition and the engine supposedly ran.

Why did he give it away free? His wife said he had to get rid of it quickly because it had been sitting for 3 years and they needed the room on the side of their house for their dog.

So, after taking it in for service, getting the registration stickers and cleaning it up, we decided to take it out for the maiden voyage this past weekend. We launched from the River's End Marina about 10 minutes from Mil and Jimmy's house in Mountain House. We cruised up the Delta to Discovery Bay and back. And we did a little fishing too.

On board, it was me, Jimmy, Dad, Justin, Mildred, Ei, Jacqueline and Max. Here are some pics:

Launching the Boat, lots of yelling because it was our first time launching plus Capt. Marvin drove the boat up the pier because he had it in forwad instead of reverse ;-) Rookies...


Admiral Bernie, fishing expert


Ei, Marvin and Max. Max slept through the whole boat ride.


Deck hands... Jacqueline and Justin. This was on Saturday. We went out again on Sunday and Justin caught a nice 18.5 inch Striper!



Capt. Jimmy and crew



The "skipper" and his first mate

The Aguilars and Max at the dock


The free cheeseburger boat... maiden voyage successful