For sale Gulfstar 43 Ketch
Located Chesapeake Bay
I’m a geezer, so I prep on dry land and have an 18’ Buccaneer for the 100 acre lake I live next to.
Echo and the Bunnymen! Are you also an XMRadio Channel 33 listener?
home run! hacer been shopping for a larger powerboat, will turn attention to sterling aboard a buddies sailboat and learning to sail before I make my final decision. thanks brother
I used to have a Morgan 35 for a number of years, and took the kids cruising for a week or 10 days at a time in the Maine islands. But that got too expensive, so I traded it in for a 26-footer with a swing keel that let me get into shallow water. But that got too expensive, so I sold it and abandoned the sailing cruises for picnics in a small powerboat. But that got too expensive . . . .
So it goes.
I’m not sure if I’d recommend the sail cruising life unless you’ve grown up with it. Emergencies happen very suddenly, sometimes—squalls, thunderstorms, reefs, fog, and so on—and you need to know what to do, sometimes without time to think about it.
We’re in the process of selling our house, putting a few things in long term storage, and, buying a 38+/- foot boat.
We’re going to live on the boat until I retire in a few years, learn as much as we can about sailing that boat off the coast here, and then when it’s time, shove off and sail off into the sunrise.
First we have to sell the house.
Hope Obama can end his career with a permanent vacay at a 2 acre Camp David concertina compound.
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For sale Gulfstar 43 Ketch
Located Chesapeake Bay
Located in Wilmington, NC. Advertised on Craigslist!
WHAT A THANKSGIVING GIFT !!! I have an excellent, fully rigged and refurbished 1980 MacGregor sailboat, 25' 10" in length. She has everything including autopilot, GPS, three sails (including a spinnaker), roller furling, 1995 Nissan 15 HP outboard with electric start and alternator, portable head, refrigerator, microwave, shore power, bimini with removable windows, pop top, swim platform, two anchors, two 6 gallon fuel tanks, new foam and cushion covers (cost = $2,400), VHF Radio, interior solar fan, four wheel tandem trailer with new wheels, tires, bearings and seals, swing keel, etc., etc. More Photos Available. Boat weighs 2600 lbs. Asking price = $6,500.00 or BEST OFFER. Can deliver for fuel cost only.
http://onslow.craigslist.org/boa/4201110298.html
I have survived this economic downturn by telling myself someday I will sell all I have and buy a boat and sit on it
Dont know if it will ever happen or not but it sure sounds good
Back later.
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I never figured you for an Echo fan. Great band. I saw them perform back in the day.
I started with a Daysailer back in ‘07 and learned to get her moving. I sold her though after two years of almost no trips. I would love to follow the advice of this piece and live free at sea but it requires dedication to the cause. It is not possible on a middle class paycheck to prep and acquire the means of escape. Alas I will be here on dry land holding off the jackboots while the younger stronger freedom lovers steal away. God speed.
Thanks for posting this. Now to find a bimini, some self-steering gear, and a cooler of beer...
I finally have read “Enemies Foreign and Domestic”.
You are a very talented writer, and the story gave me a lot to ponder.
I also read the excerpts from the other two books.
Rarely have I encountered characters in literature that cared about as deeply as those in your books.
May you always have a fair wind and following seas, MB.
I am the 3%.
I have a 24ft formula with twin mercruiser 350’s I am selling becasaue, quite frankly, it scares the crap out me it is so fast.
It was a total restoration job and I loved every moment of it. I am now lookng at a 30 ft twin engine Imp with 2 bedrooms a kitchen and toilet and shower.
> If you are a Millennial who feels that the Land of Opportunity has at least temporarily suspended the offer, leaving you stranded in somewhat less-than-hoped-for circumstances, I’m writing this for you.