S/V Regina Oceani
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At new home in New Bern, North Carolina
 In Fort Lauderdale, new name  applied to stern, ready for  trip north.  (Boarding ladder at welder)
Regina Oceani is our 1981 Pearson 424.  She was purchased new by Monty Duval, as Magic Carpet, and sailed some 48,000 miles by him including four crossings of the Atlantic.  Monty's health led him to sell her in May of 2004.  Monty, the sailor's sailor equipted this boat for world cruising.  Pete was the first to view her and made an offer on the spot. 

After two weeks of post survey adjustments, Danielle and Pete sailed her from Fort Lauderdale to New Bern, North Carolina.  We sailed "on the outside" with stops at Lake Worth, Fl, St. Augustine, Sapelo Island, Ga, and Charleston, SC.

Jill, Cami, and Kenna first saw her in August as the remnants of Hurricane Charley passed over North Carolina.  We spent two weeks with her, including several days of cruising the Pamlico Sound.

Since then, Pete has made many two week trips to New Bern just to work on the boat.  Some of the projects included: new upholstery (Pete learned to sew), complete rewiring of the boat, new lighting, ash battens along the walls of the berths, a fuel polishing system, routine varnish work, raising the bimini so all of us could stand upright under it, new main, mizzen, traveler, and vang sheets, and dozens of small projects.  Several family trips were made in 2005 and more, including offshore trip to Charleston, are planned for 2006.  She is now tugging on the dock lines waiting to be sailed.

See the links below for more pictures.
 Singing  from HMS Pinafore as we blasted out of Charleston at 8 knots.
Dolphin off shore escort.
 Monty bid's farewell after sea trial.
Other Regina Oceani links:
Interior of boat (updated 3/8/2006)
Rewiring project  (updated 3/8/2006)
Other projects completed (updated 3/8/2006)
Pearson 424 Links:
Pearson 424 Information Site (not up to date)
1979 Article on Pearson 424 from SEA Magazine
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 updated 3/8/2006