It was a perfect shirt-sleeve October day here in Montauk today. Even if MON TIKI had gone straight to the bottom I don’t think that could have ruined it.
But MON TIKI didn’t sink.
She swims!
More on the day’s events and more photos later. Right now I’m getting a bunch of blankets and going down to MON TIKI to watch the Orionid meteor showers.
David Ryan
David Ryan is a boat builder and USCG licensed master captain. He is the owner of Sailing Montauk and skipper of Montauk''s charter sailing catamaran MON TIKI You can follow him on Twitter @CaptDavidRyan
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Byooful, bro. Hey, it’s a congratulations kind of weekend!Report
David she is gorgeous! Smooth sailingReport
You sea! I resign myself to you also – I guess what you mean,
I behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers,
I believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me,
We must have a turn together, I undress, hurry me out of sight of the land,
Cushion me soft, rock me in billowy drowse,
Dash me with amorous wet, I can repay you. Sea of stretch’d ground-swells,
Sea breathing broad and convulsive breaths,
-WhitmanReport
Congradulations!Report
Sweet.Report
Woohoo!Report
Congratulations! (As nervewracking as it must have been to get it there, it must be even more gratifying to relax on a boat that *YOU* made.)Report
This is very cool- there is nothing so satifsying than to use something built with our hands.Report
That is a damned fine-looking boat! I foresee some good times on deck.Report
Holy fish, David! She’s bloody gorgeous!Report
this is a great post to see. congratulations.Report
‘Ere we go, ‘ere we go, don’t know where till we get there.
Congratulations!Report
Quit svelte compared with that other TIKI but I feel Thor would approve.
Well done and congrats to all involved.Report
Ok it’s now Tuesday, where is our launch video! 😉Report
Got up this morning and slung my laptop bag over my shoulder with the full intention of going down to the boat and making a slideshow of the launch.
But instead I ended up doing some carpentry and then taking a nap on the results of said carpentry.Report
sounds like a good day.Report