First Kadey-Krogen 55′ Expedition Arrives in U.S.
Kadey-Krogen 55' Expedition Hull 1 Invictus Upon Arrival in U.S.
Hull # 1 of the new Kadey-Krogen 55′ Expedition line has arrived at the company’s Ft. Pierce, Florida headquarters and is now being commissioned and prepped for her debut at the Stuart, Florida Trawlerfest later this month. KKY Vice President Larry Polster said in a posting on the company’s website that the delivery by freighter to Savannah, Georgia and subsequent offloading and transit to Ft. Pierce, was uneventful — which is generally a good thing for a new boat.
The first boat is named Invictus and will belong to Bill and Lisa Roberts. Bill’s grandfather had sailed around the world in a sailboat of the same name, which is derived from the poem of the same name by William Ernest Henley.
Have a gander at the Kadey-Krogen photos of the arrival and unloading of Invictus in Savannah here,
. . .then stop by the KKY website and read Larry Polster’s account of the arrival and first trip to sea for the 55′ Expedition here.
And just because sailors and seamen of all kinds will find resonance with its spirit, herewith the full text of Henley’s poem:
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley, 1849-1902
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