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Boat Search 2012: Becalmed
I’m having trouble judging the passage of time accurately these days, but I think it’s been a little over two months since we stepped off Insegrevious for the last time and entered into our state of lubberly exile. In that time, I think we have seen just about everything in our size and price range [...]
Full StoryBoat Search 2012: The CS 40
Having exhausted every option in our size and price range in the Puget Sound region, Mandy and I decided to take advantage of a business trip she had already scheduled to Vancouver BC last week to check out some sailboats in the Great White North. Our expectations were fairly low; the economy has been better [...]
Full StoryBoat Search 2012: The Ericson 38-200
I have a soft spot in my heart for the Ericson 38-200. Last year, when Mandy and I were first beginning to realize that we needed to move up a couple of boat sizes, the E38-200 was the first model we found that gave us some hope that we could find the qualities and layout [...]
Full StoryLearning the ropes (and wires, and rods, and spars)
As an interlude, of sorts, in our hectic schedule of looking at boats, decrying their deficiencies and/or costs, and freaking out about where to live until we find one, Mandy and I had the opportunity to attend one of famed local rigger Brion Toss’ Rig Your Boat weekend workshops. These workshops are something of a [...]
Full StoryBoat Search 2012: The strange confluence of Russell Crowe and yachting
What do Russell Crowe and yachting have to do with one another? No, it’s not “Master and Commander.” Every time I look at a Wauquiez 35 Pretorien I hear his guttural shout from “Gladiator” in my head: “Pretorien!” Cue swordplay. We first became familiar with the Pretorien through another blog frequently featured on Three Sheets, [...]
Full StoryBoat Search 2012: Do you C&C what I C&C?
Try saying “C&C” three times fast. I’ve been doing that a lot lately, reducing the letters to babbling gibberish. If it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, it’s still less of a mouthful than “Cuthbertson and Cassian,” the two Canadian co-creators of the company. C&C yacht owners have a certain reputation for fanaticism about the [...]
Full StoryBoat Search 2012: Broken Brokerages
It wasn’t news to us when we went to full-throttle on our boat search that the biggest obstacle to finding our next home was going to be the listing brokers. We had been nosing around the market for the past year or so, and found ourselves constantly amazed at the lack of attention and responsiveness [...]
Full StoryBoat Search 2012: The Ground Rules
Ever since we settled last summer on selling our boat and getting a larger one instead, my wife and I have been keeping one eye on the used boat market both regionally and nationally. Other than day-dreaming and wandering down to the brokerage offices in our free time, we were pretty cavalier about it… it [...]
Full StorySwitching seats, changing gears
It’s a little bit surprising to wake up in the morning in the v-berth of a boat you no longer own. This has been the case for my wife and I for a couple of days now that we have finalized the sale of Insegrevious and we still haven’t gotten used to it. In a [...]
Full StoryA Long Day With Lotus
My 24 hours with the M/V Lotus began at 0600 Feb. 22 as I stumbled sleepily from the back bedroom out into the living room of the house my wife and I were taking care of on the waterfront near Port Hadlock. Mandy and I had been watching the house and minding the chickens for a [...]
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