We took 4 days, anchoring out every night before we
reached the Demopolis Yacht Basin in Demopolis, AL.
An early morning start at 6am.
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Amazing what you see in the middle of nowhere.
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White sand bluffs
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It was great to get to a
marina. We were there a few days and ready to move on down the waterway to
Mobile but we got fogged in and it would continue for several days. As we would
be anchoring out for 4 days straight until we reached Mobile, we decided to
stay put. In Mobile we were planning on getting the boats out and having the
hulls painted before winter and before we got back into salt water. Since we
were staying, we decided to get the work done here. Also we’re allowed to live
aboard while the work is being done and we were told that it wasn’t permitted at the
Mobile boatyard.
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On the boat lift
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So here we are “on the hard”. Unfortunately a cold spell has
moved in and we have been in the 30s every night. Let me tell you, boats are
not very insulated. Who’d have thought I’d be freezing in Alabama? The winds
were so strong, I woke up in the middle of the night concerned I might actually
tip over. Luckily I had tied the ladder to the boat.
The temps are too cold to
apply the paint and since it needs two coats, we might be here longer that we
had anticipated.
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View from the boat of the TennTom waterway
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My view of the boatyard
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So here we are “on the hard”. Unfortunately a cold spell has
moved in and we have been in the 30s every night. Let me tell you, boats are
not very insulated. Who’d have thought I’d be freezing in Alabama? The winds
were so strong, I woke up in the middle of the night concerned I might actually
tip over. Luckily I had tied the ladder to the boat. 
