One down, one to go. We visited an O'Day Mariner this morning in Connecticut. It is an oldie, but it has potential and the price is great. We might need to replace the center board, but otherwise it seemed like a serviceable boat.
I am trying to contact Stuart Marine, the Maine company that has built Mariners and Rhodes 19s for several years to see what the replacement parts would cost.
Sunday, we visit a Mariner in Massachusetts. It's a newer model but the price is substantially more. One way or another, we probably will come home Sunday night with a boat.
The Connecticut boat has been in the same family for over 40 years and is one of the first 150 or so built. The Massachusetts boat has been dry sailed this past season and has new sails.
So many factors to consider.
Tune in on Monday for an update.
About Me
- doug campbell
- I have been fortunate in my life to have earned an income through writing -- specifically through journalism. That has permitted my world to expand beyond my three wonderful children and eight grandchildren and to meet a whole circus full of interesting human beings. Now, no longer employed as a journalist, I am taking the opportunity to write the stories of some of the folks I've met. With my wife, Monica, I have sailed to fascinating destinations with the expectation of visiting many more in the years ahead.
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