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We’ll show the distintive exterior finish in a moment. But back to our story….

On Friday Dec 12 Paul Welles and his Triton Yachts boat hauling crew arrived. The mission – pick up the boat….haul it to Oriental….and launch her at the Wildlife ramp.

This was not your normal boat yard boat haul. First problem – getting the truck to the boat.

Triton Yachts say they can haul a boat from almost anywhere.
This was a test – the crew had to chainsaw trees down so the truck could get to the boat.

Then the truck was backed under the boat.

She was then pulled out to near the road.

This was going to be a relaunch in stages. The hauling permits didn’t allow moving the boat right away. That would have to wait until very early Sunday morning – timed so hauling the wide catamaran (22 feet across) would see little other traffic.

Sunday

TownDock.net had negotiated exclusive media rights for the event (we owe Paul several cups of coffee). Ben Casey and Keith were the TownDock team – we met Paul and the trucking crew at the location off Straight Road. It was a very wet Sunday morning.

Under heavy rain the convoy began….

Hauling a 22 ft wide load means escort vehicles both in front and behind the main truck.

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Posted Monday December 22, 2003 by Keith N. Smith