Hull# 2724 Delivery Day

[jpichler]

The culmination of about a years worth of dreaming about Ranger Tugs, talking details with Ranger and getting financing sorted was here today. Kenny pulled up to the ramp at Gasworks in Seattle with my “Current Obsession” .Ironically its not mine since the bank required Coast Guard documentation, I had to sign it over to my wife because I am not a US citizen and that’s a Coast Guard requirement…the irony.

The day was spend going through every system, looking through every hatch at water pumps, hydraulic pumps, dipsticks, switches and what have you…this is one complex piece of machinery and along with all the required safety equipment came two stuffed ranger bags all full of manuals.

The day was jam packed and flew by and after Kenny was comfortable that I could get her in and out of our slip safely I dropped him of back at Gas works and headed back to our slip by the locks. All in all we put 5 plus hours on the engine today.

There is so much to learn and I could not be happier. Thanks to the folks who helped realize my dream, you know who you are, I could not have done it without you!

For some pictures of the event go to http://currentobsession.org

 

[Crewdog]

Congratulations on your New Delivery!

I hope you and your family have as much fun cruising and meeting all the great Ranger Tugnuts out there as we have.

 

[Gin]

Congrats Jurgen! What an exciting day. We will be doing the same thing about six weeks from now. I wondered what the load of manuals would be like, so a couple weeks ago, I downloaded as many as I could find on line and have started reading. Hope it will help a bit when the time comes. But doing the reading, without the boat, makes for a more limited "education" experience.

I'm looking forward to reading about your delivery on your blog (which is where I'm headed next). Meanwhile, another hearty congratulations to you and your family!

Gini

 

[JamesTXSD]

Congrats!! Oh, and be nice to your wife so she'll let you ride on her boat. 😉

 

[baz]

Jurgen:

Congratulations...

As an aside... Go down to the the Seattle Immigration office and answer their 10 questions correctly then you can take command of the new boat or at least share in its Captain's responsibilities. When wife and I became a citizens one had to answer 8 of the 10 questions correctly. I got the first 2 questions wrong... oucheeee. 😉 The examiner became concerned for me and asked what brochure I had used for training and it became evident I had used an out-of-date version. Luckily for me I answered the next 8 questions correctly -- but it was a sweat. Since my wife was in an adjoining room doing her test and also had shared the same out-of-date brochure I was really really concerned for her. It turned out that my wife answered all her 10 questions correctly... that goes to show she's smarter than me, and I told her so. :lol:

 

[dencarst]

Hi Pichier Family.

We are happy you bought your new boat. We sure like ours.

Dennis & Darleen
R27 Tug of My Heart 11