About the Boat
Standing at the Crossroads again-
What happened to the "old Crossroads" and buying the Endeavour that is now Crossroads.
Hurricane Katrina clobbered New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August of 2005. We were one of the thousands left homeless in its wake. We did not live in a house in New Orleans or one in Gulfport. Our house was safely six hours north in Memphis, TN but we had just sold it. We were one week from moving onto our boat to start preparing for our big sailing adventure. Our boat, of course was in New Orleans.
News was slow coming from the hurricane zone. Actually there was a whole lot of news, but not much about how boats in marinas faired. We were in limbo for two weeks. Did we still have a boat? Was it damaged but salvageable? (Our worst fear since there were no boat yards left on the Gulf coast so it could take a year to get anything fixed).
After two weeks, Michele called the insurance company (again) and was informed that they were totaling everything in that zip code- houses, cars, boats, everything- sight unseen. We could begin our search for a replacement.
Our friends put us up in their spare rooms and provided us with unlimited internet and long distance phone service. We are very grateful for their help and support as we worked to keep our dream alive. A list of possible boats was drawn up and an itinerary was made for a trip to Florida to boat shop. One month after Katrina we were staying with my folks in the Tampa/ St. Pete area and preparing to drive a loop around the state to see possible boats. The search began right there in St. Pete with the boat I am writing this on. Yup, we bought the first boat we looked at. We still drove all over the state and poked around in boats on both coasts, but we returned to the Endeavour 40 that is now Crossroads. We moved aboard on October 23 less than two months after Katrina and the same day Wilma hit just sought of St. Pete.
What happened to the "old Crossroads" and buying the Endeavour that is now Crossroads.
Hurricane Katrina clobbered New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August of 2005. We were one of the thousands left homeless in its wake. We did not live in a house in New Orleans or one in Gulfport. Our house was safely six hours north in Memphis, TN but we had just sold it. We were one week from moving onto our boat to start preparing for our big sailing adventure. Our boat, of course was in New Orleans.
News was slow coming from the hurricane zone. Actually there was a whole lot of news, but not much about how boats in marinas faired. We were in limbo for two weeks. Did we still have a boat? Was it damaged but salvageable? (Our worst fear since there were no boat yards left on the Gulf coast so it could take a year to get anything fixed).
After two weeks, Michele called the insurance company (again) and was informed that they were totaling everything in that zip code- houses, cars, boats, everything- sight unseen. We could begin our search for a replacement.
Our friends put us up in their spare rooms and provided us with unlimited internet and long distance phone service. We are very grateful for their help and support as we worked to keep our dream alive. A list of possible boats was drawn up and an itinerary was made for a trip to Florida to boat shop. One month after Katrina we were staying with my folks in the Tampa/ St. Pete area and preparing to drive a loop around the state to see possible boats. The search began right there in St. Pete with the boat I am writing this on. Yup, we bought the first boat we looked at. We still drove all over the state and poked around in boats on both coasts, but we returned to the Endeavour 40 that is now Crossroads. We moved aboard on October 23 less than two months after Katrina and the same day Wilma hit just sought of St. Pete.
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Thursday, February 10, 2005
