The purpose of this blog is to communicate with our family and close friends while we cruise "New Horizons" to new destinations.

"We don't know exactly where we're going, but if we get lost, we'll just pull in somewhere's and ask directions."

Monday, April 20, 2009

The beginning . . .

New Horizons was purchased by Ed & Betty Carter in 1981. The boat was delivered to Diamond 99 Marina, in Melbourne, FL.
Ed & Betty owned and operated Diamond 99 Marina for 25+ years. They used New Horizons for pleasure and also, since Ed was an ASA instructor, used the boat for training students how to sail on many excursions to the Bahamas. Ed & Betty have sold Diamond 99 Marina and are now retired.
Ed had made many upgrades since 1981, including a 50hp, 4-108 Perkins diesel engine, a 3.5hp Kubota generator, air conditioning, a windlass, a raw water washdown pump, an electric toilet, an Furuno chartplotter, a ProSine inverter, and a grill.
Since our purchase in 2005, we have further added a wind generator, a SSB (single sideband radio), a Sirius radio (for entertainment), (eliminating many CD's) a microwave, an Engel freezer, new batteries, a barometer, and a holding tank.

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