http://www.moonlight1931.com Sat, 31 May 2008 13:48:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are putting the project on HOLD today. The situation was getting to hot on schedules. We were about to take too many risks that could turn out to become extremely expensive in the near future. We considered this could happen since a few weeks. That is why a few new directions ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/we-have-to-take-a-break/ Today MMC made her first move. JARRETT BAY BOATWORKS took her out of the yard of Moores Marine Inc. We are now in the hands of MR. JEFF FULCHER : www.jarrettbay.com This project can go anywhere form now on. Today the boat should already have been listed on www.yachtworld.com again since we are ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/first-move-of-margie-mccoy-since-the-start-of-this-project/ Gentle flames are licking the woods in the fireplace next to my kitchen desk from where I always work when I am at home......I look through the big window to the forest and the farmlands. The patio door is open and the smells & sounds of nature finally give me ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/finally-back-home/ FINALY GETTING THE RIGHT SUPPORT IN THE U.S.A…..? It seems that the real CLASS of the people involved in the U.S.A. is taking a significant distance from the... (fill in what you want). We are finally getting the real support for this project to get MMC on her way to TURKEY... Thanks to ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/support/ Today was the first meeting with the owners of ZEPHYRIA YACHTING. English was the language of all, so we went over a scheduled number of points to start the planning of this side of the project. MR. Mehmet Ali FURAT was the only member of the meeting who had actually ever ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/zephyria-yachting-the-furat-brothers/ We arrived at BODRUM TURKEY......And had a short talk with MR. ORHAN...The young nephew of the owner of ZEPHYRIA YACHTING... This story is doing a good job......All parties involved (or almost all) seem to follow and have told me a lot of things that are clearly showing that we are facing ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/bodrum-turkey/ We just had a call with Moores Marine Inc.... Late at night from Thailand to find out if Yanmar will quote today or not. JUDI CURRIER is on the project and the works are in progress. We advised her to contact CATERPILLAR immediately for a proposal of a pair of C12-es ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/let-us-move-up-this-project/ Moonlight 1931 is the first concern... but... will we ever see her? The first meeting with captain Bill put us back with our feet on the ground or maybe a little bit under the ground. We are convinced that we need to give Moonlight 1931 a new life as a fast ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/probably-the-most-important-week-of-the-whole-project/ Moores Marine Inc is reparing the hull. Rotten plancking needs to be changed. The allround condition of the hull seems to be better than what we excepected when we purchased Margie Mc Coy, just by the pictures... We expect the proposal of a pair of new Yanmar engines today. ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/preparing-mmc-the-boatcoach/ 10 days later, the situation does not look any better. Moores Marine Inc. is working on the hull to get her ready for her tripp to Fort Lauderdale. We have decided to get new engines from Yanmar. Today they come and take a look to find out the best engine combination for ... http://www.moonlight1931.com/2008/05/10-days-later/