THE TRIP SOUTH

Dockwise Super Servant 4 was anchored in the pre dawn hours on a cold damp day in Newport RI. Loading each of 50 boats one at a time took nearly three hours.

Our cruise began six months ago with a reservation on Dockwise Yacht Transport for Phantom to be moved from Newport, RI to St Thomas, USVI. With much unnecessary anticipation, the loading of Phantom onto the float-on/float-off freighter could not have been easier. It was like pulling into a slip with 10 dock hands to take lines.

After Phantom was loaded we headed for the ship's bridge for paperwork.


The ship is nearly loaded and the divers are entering the cold dark water to set up popits so the seawater can be drained from the hold leaving her passengers high and dry for the trip south.