“Boat shopping” has a new meaning…

By: Noah D.

I had a nice huge blog post written up, but before I clicked “publish” I had an attack of superstition. Okay, yes yes, nautical things are rife with superstition and such, but something made me feel as though I should hold off on posting some of my thoughts until things are more concrete. I refuse to jinx it.

But, here’s the gist: There’s a certain boat for sale at a certain marina that makes me swoon. It has a few issues, but… like any good relationship, you have to be mature about things and take the good with the bad. Just like some people make awesome spouses even though they snore, I feel like this certain boat is a lovely lady even though she need a few pokes and prods occasionally to straighten out those kinks. All things considered, a project boat she is not.

Boat shopping has taken on a whole new meaning now that I might have just photographed “the one”

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Now, if you’re able to identify the boat from this photo alone, I applaud you. Otherwise, you’re just going to have to wait and see… 🙂

Making progress on S/V ???…

By: Noah D.

Well, as promised by merely making a little webpage for a yet-to-be-bought-or-named boat, the time has come to start making some serious progress. By serious progress, I mean… all the research in the world means nothing, really, until you go out and start walking on boats that have FOR SALE signs and getting the bank accounts arranged.

Next week, I’m going to be making a little trip to visit a half-dozen boats.

Pardon me being so cryptic, but I’ll write up a massive post next week with loads of pictures, exhausting details, and perhaps even a video or two.

See you then…