But let's get back to the real story...we were sailing out of Fair Haven in the summers. Winter is spent on web sites looking for boat that has all our musts. Must be beautiful to look at. For us that means classic lines, some teak here and there, good size cockpit, good size v-birth, head with a shower...no blisters, no squishy decks! We spent over three years of weekends driving all over to see boats. Some stops were Portland, Maine ; Jamestown, Rhode Island; Racine, Wisconsin and Annapolis, Maryland. We looked at many boats but coming back to the Pearson 367 cutters. In particular, Quicksilver, was perfect..classic, clean, not a lot of work and a couple ready to retire from their 36 foot life for something smaller. We fell so hard that it didn't matter that there wasn't the extra bells and whistles. It had a 50 gallon fuel tank, carried 150 gallons of water, beautiful teak, a shower and a large cockpit.
Friends went with Jon to get all the cushions and as much as we could off the boat in Rhode Island , we remortgaged our house and brought her home to Fair Haven, New York in December 2010. Even with the snow she was beautiful. And we were so thankful to Jerry, the marina manager, who plowed and oversaw the delivery and sent us pictures the same day.
I'm so excited about your blog and your adventure, well ok jealous is more like it but who knows maybe we'll follow in your wake someday. Happy sailing!
ReplyDeleteSharon E.