The handmade 70-foot boat I reported on earlier made its way to the Redwood City Harbor today.
Apparently there were all kinds of problems... the special heavy transport vehicle that was carrying the boat crushed on one side, causing the boat to tilt precariously. They managed to fix the vehicle in situ, but they ran out of time, lost their transit permit, and had to park the boat for the day. They got another permit the next day (today), which let them get from Woodside to Redwood City.
Redwood City let them move the boat during the day, so they managed to get it to the harbor before the high tide cutoff. Apparently the next launch "window" would have been in June. So today Redwood City residents were treated with the excitement of having a 70-ft boat snake its way through their downtown. Because the vehicle was so large, they had to take an extremely circuitous route to get to the harbor.
It made the evening news on that analog broadcast medium.
Apparently it's still going to be another year of work before it can set sail, but the hard part's over.
Apparently there were all kinds of problems... the special heavy transport vehicle that was carrying the boat crushed on one side, causing the boat to tilt precariously. They managed to fix the vehicle in situ, but they ran out of time, lost their transit permit, and had to park the boat for the day. They got another permit the next day (today), which let them get from Woodside to Redwood City.
Redwood City let them move the boat during the day, so they managed to get it to the harbor before the high tide cutoff. Apparently the next launch "window" would have been in June. So today Redwood City residents were treated with the excitement of having a 70-ft boat snake its way through their downtown. Because the vehicle was so large, they had to take an extremely circuitous route to get to the harbor.
It made the evening news on that analog broadcast medium.
Apparently it's still going to be another year of work before it can set sail, but the hard part's over.