2airishuman buys a sailboat

[2airishuman]

Maybe it was cruisersforum.com that did it. Maybe it was the s/v Delos videos. Or Keep Turning Left. Or too much time spent walking around in local marinas. But, in any event, I bought a sailboat. It's an older 25' cruiser. Came with a trailer, and the whole affair will go down the road just barely within the size limits that keep it from requiring a special permit.

I didn't get it specifically for diving but I imagine I'll do some diving from it. One of my first to-dos is to add a ladder, since it only came with a portable one. Home port will be on Lake Pepin (best understood as a wide spot on the Mississippi downstream of St. Paul), at least at first.

At some point, I'm hoping to make some journeys to Lake of the Woods, Lake Superior, Minnetonka, Vermilion, and other area lakes. I've heard that Dryberry Lake in Ontario has fantastic diving, but it is extremely remote with multiple logistics and regulatory challenges, but I may try to get there.

 

[CuzzA]

Pics?

 

[kelemvor]

Congratulations!

 

[Sam Miller III]

You are experiencing what I have experienced numerous times in my life
The happiest day of your life is when you buy a boat...(been there- done that!)

The second happiest day is when you sell the boat ....

(been there- done that!)

Never the less ENJOY the boat and all the future adventures it will transport you to--
(been there- done that!)

Don't forget to post your sailing diving adventures on this board

SDM​

 

[2airishuman]

Pics?

 

[Bubblesong]

What’s the boats name? I second Sam III; i hope you keep posting updates as you get her set up the way you like so we can enjoy the process vicariously.

 

[2airishuman]

You are experiencing what I have experienced numerous times in my life
The happiest day of your life is when you buy a boat...(been there- done that!)

The second happiest day is when you sell the boat ....

(been there- done that!)
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Yep, eyes wide open on that. I'm approaching this as a five year purchase (I'll sell in about five years). Financially, I will sell at a loss. I am in fact prepared to just give it away at that point. I'll still come out ahead on the quality life experiences per dollar spent.

Never the less ENJOY the boat and all the future adventures it will transport you to--
(been there- done that!)

Thanks... exactly how I'm approaching it.. a platform for adventures and enjoying the water and the areas I cannot reach any other way. Not an end in itself.

Don't forget to post your sailing diving adventures on this board

SDM

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Thanks for the support! I will..

 

[2airishuman]

What’s the boats name? I second Sam III; i hope you keep posting updates as you get her set up the way you like so we can enjoy the process vicariously.

She came with a name, and is called Bridget. I don't know why. I believe this name is already better than 90% of all boat names I have encountered, and do not plan to change it.

I'll keep you posted, thanks for the encouragement. It is January in Minnesota and I don't have a place to work on her indoors so all I can do is plan, and sew new cushions in my dining room.

There's a gin pole and the mast can be raised with it single-handed. The trailer has a 10' sliding tongue extension, to allow launching and retrieval without ending up on one of those youtube videos.

 

[Sam Miller III]

Great looking boat -- very sea worthy or lake worthy
Has lets get going --drag me to the nearest adventure - attitude

Now for a christening party, a smash of the Champagne and a new name !

Enjoy being a boat owner and cherish the boat as a new born child

A big congratulations !

SAM

What is that white covering all over the ground ????

 

[Ojai Diver]

No former boat owner can look at your pictures without feeling nostalgia. My father learned to sail on Minnetonka before he went West.

No greater joy (and no greater terror) are to be found anywhere but a boat on a large body of water.

Enjoy!