I didn't really start sailing until 2008 in my, ehhh hem, early 40s.
However, I was taken sailing a total of about 4 times during the course of my
life. I grew up on power boats on long island sound. We would go fishing and
camping on the islands off of Norwalk CT, lots of water skiing and
kneeboarding and rafting up hand floating for days, heading over to northport
LI for drinks or dinner or trying to chat up the big haired long island girls
of the 80s. But, I always would stop and watch the sailboats go by. Always
fascinated by them! ...and I always knew, if a sailboat has enough water,
there's plenty of water there for my runabouts and speed boats. Then the the
89-90 recession hit and I ended up in college in Bristol, RI. Every day I
would drive home, past the Lobster pot and I would come up on that "L" curve
and see that same sailboat, on its mooring, floating so serenely. I knew then
that "someday" I would have a sailboat. I would drag friends, date, nieces,
nephews, anyone I could commandeer to boat shows with me and climb around on
the new boats dreaming of "the day" that would actually have one. Of course,
then my dream was to get one and live on it and never look back. That hasn't
worked out quite yet. Then, "someday" came when, a buddy gave me a 1979 O'Day
22! and so it began! that free boat cost me about $8K to get her in great
shape. I sold it for $4700 LOL that was a good investment! what was that
someone said about not too many dummies...? LOL And now, here I am annoying
you guys about my 1973 Viking 33! aren't you the lucky ones??!! ain't life
grand!? Danny
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