We’ve known Randy and Sue for quite a few years now. We only get to see each other a couple of times a year, if that. But when we do get together, we have a grand time and I want me some more of that so…
Please won’t someone buy their boat? After six years of sailing the Caribbean, Randy and Sue have decided to put “Nancy Dawson” up for sale. She’s a beautiful classic good old wooden boat in great shape and she’s currently located in northern Florida. They stopped in last Wednesday (on their way down to Florida to take a couple of weeks to spruce up and varnish the boat) stayed the night and helped us polish off a few bottles of wine. Like I said, we need to do this more often and that won’t happen until they find a loving new owner for “Nancy Dawson.”
If you or someone you know is interested in purchasing a classic Cheoy Lee Clipper 42, click on this link and then make an offer. We’ll all thank you for it and may even buy you a bottle of wine. *grin*
On the one hand, the sailboat looks incredible. There’s no denying the call of the open sea, the freedom, the exotic ports of call.
On the other hand, I don’t know how to sail, I don’t have 75k Canadian (or American or Euros – I might have 75,000 yen, let me check the sofa cushions), and it’s kind of depressing to think that I won’t ever likely be in the market for a sailboat or a yacht, (despite my speculation in a recent lottery-win related post).
On the bright side, you’ve brightened my day with this post. In addition, you may have inadvertantly given me a direction for future posts. I’ve got some crap lying around the house, and no one from Craigslist who’s responded has turned out to be legit. Looking forward to cleaning out the basement, now!
Glad I was able to brighten your day. I’m heavy in reno-mode and need a laugh myself.
Something tells me I’m in a different tax bracket than your friends…
You would be wrong. They are both retired, living on a fixed income (one has no pension at all) and they sold everything they had to first buy the boat. They also did all the work themselves refitting it to go sailing for six years. However, Randy is a Master Mariner and has been around boats all his life. So what would be a cheap barely able to float wreck in six months would be the envy of everyone at the dock.
Look at you. You’re like the Craig’s List of WordPress. Can you sell the erlenmeyer flasks that are leftover from my son’s bar mitzvah? They are taking up so much room on my pier. I mean basement.
I can try to sell anything. The key word here…”try.”
Blogdramedy, I nominated you! Feel free to ignore if you wish…
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I invite you to stand to. I’ll heave to and prepare to be boarded.
I’ve never been on a shrimp boat but I’ve been on a real big boat.
As a fellow skipper, of course I am highly interested in the old gal. Her sleek lines and trim certainly catch the eye. Something tells me, however, that if I was to upsize my little dinghy docked in the toilet bowl to a seafaring vessel that can actually float on an ocean I might be required to upgrade my captain’s credentials, too. So I’ll have to pass. I’m satisfied with the marriages I’m already empowered to conduct at this time.
The inclusion of the christening fluid is tempting, I admit. Well played. How much for that without the boat?
That’s you. Justice of Pee. For writing such a great comment, I’ll send you a bottle of my latest find. “Poop Deck”…it’s from someplace I can’t pronounce and tastes like something I can’t identify. It’s offal but I think you might enjoy it after it’s been left to sit a while.
I wish. Living in Dallas I would never be able to get enough use out of her. I grew up on the water, sailing and racing a 27 foot Thunderbird with my dad. Miss it still. I have tried for years to convince my dearly beloved that when we return to his home in the Bahamas I want a sail boat (not a power boat), without success I might add. This one is beautiful.
She’s a beautiful old boat and needs a new owner who will appreciate her.
Where in the Bahamas? We spent quite a few years sailing around down there and I think it’s some of the best sailing to be found anywhere. Once you get away from all the cruisers.
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