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Ethan's Ark Boat Launch Sept. 2007 |
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| Here is the boat in the slings, with a portion of the guests. I have a lot of pictures of the guests, but no single picture of them in a group. This seemed to be the most comprehensive, but there were about 50 people in attendance, and this shows significantly fewer than half. | Here I am giving the intro to the christening. I thank everybody and introduce Peter Kolb. |
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| This is Peter Kolb performing the christening and the blessings. He blessed every part of the boat, and I hope that it is effective. | Here are Julia and I trying to break the West Marine christening bottle. Supposed to e already scored, but it still took 4 tries. If there is a next time, forget West Marine, I will score my own bottle. Maybe the problem was that it was not real Champagne. |
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| More of the guests as the boat is being lowered.
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Floating on her own bottom for the first time. Slings slack. |
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| All aboard fo pictures. Tying off to the pilings. | Underway under her own power for the first time. |
| These pictures were taken on Sept.22, 2007, the official launching! A huge crowd. The boat was moved to the marina dock, and everybody adjourned to the Dunedin Boat Club for Elis Barbeque and drinks. |