Outbound 46, Hull #47

So here we go with the launch of Pratique's blog, 8 months after she was delivered.  Hopefully we can capture the highlights!


 Hull #47 was built in 2012 by Outbound Yachts, in Xiamen China. 

 

She was shipped to and commissioned in Norfolk VA in May 2012.  You can watch the container ship Zim Virginia carrying the boat, going through the Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal here:



 

Here are some shots of the boat leaving Little Creek and headed toward her new home in Barrington RI.



 

In Little Creek

 

 

First Sail!!

Josh Hodgson and Skip Pond of Outbound Yachts

Narragansett Bay arrival

Safe in her slip in Barrington, RI



 

On a beautiful  Saturday, June 16, 2012 she was formally christened as s/v Pratique:





Susan takes aim!

 

 

 

All in for a commissioning day sail