Hello Mr. Burns and especially Joe Plunkett - my husband and I own a
40' aft cabin named Tenacious - earlier it had another strange name -
althought not our favorite name we retained it for the time being - we
refer to her affectionately as 'Tena' - we purchased her in Fort
Lauderdale in March 06 - hauled her, painted the bottom, fixed the
'damned' tenderlift as best we could (which again needs tremendous
attention!!!) - she shipped in June from Miami to Malta on a Russian
cargo ship, she arrived July 4th - we spent three weeks in Malta
packing, unpacking and repacking - on July 31 we headed for Siracusa
(we were nuts - travelling these distances in an unfamiliar yacht!!!) -
the travel time from Malta to Siracusa was 10 hours - weather rough,
probably force 4 - we bounced considerably - stayed in Sciliy for two
days then headed across the Straits of Messina and along the boot of
Italy - it took an unbelievable six days to finally get to Brindisi -
rough seas almost every day - we travelled one night and were probably
in force 6-7 winds and following seas (the one night passage we just
were not sure whether we would make - but Tena performed fantastically)
- on the 7th day we crossed the Adriatic - a mother dolphin and baby
greeted and travelled with us for a couple of hours as we crossed what
we imagined was the 'border' between Italy and Croatia - we spent the
next 45 days 'cruising the Adriatic with Tena' - we had a ball and Tena
was wonderful - we hauled her out in Punat (Krk) for the winter - we
were asked about the weight just before haul out, we said 'the 1998
powerboat guide says 16,000 tons - we were 18,500 on the scale...Tena
is waiting for us for summer 2007 - she needs another bottom paint and
we popped a ton of blisters before we left her, so...Tena's captain, Milan and 1st mate, Coni

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Dear Tena's crew,

Wow, what an adventure. Thanks so very much for sharing this story. Your Yacht might be the only Burns-Craft to sail these waters. I would to receive any good photos you might have.

Happy boating,

Jerry W. Burns

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