Thursday, October 27, 2011

The New Boat Arrived!!


The new boat arrived at Beyond Base camp July 22nd, 2011. What a celebration. After several years of fund raising we were able to purchase the new 12 passenger Stanley landing craft water taxi. Production of the boat started at the end of March and it arrived just in time to pick up the week 4 trips from the trail head. After picking up the first trip we knew we had the perfect boat for Beyond. The participants relaxed in the spacious cabin and the backpacks loaded into the open bow with ease. Powered by two 150 horsepower Yamaha outboards the loaded boat cruises comfortably between 27 and 30 knots making our trip pick up and drop off schedule run very smooth. The final test came when we did our first Frankenstein beach landing. The Frankenstein pickup went so well that we also changed the Pearkes pickup to be a beach pick up and drop off as well to avoid the risky dock.

Thank you to those of you who helped us purchase this boat. It is a fantastic addition to the Beyond Malibu ministry.