evenkeel
March 13th, 2009, 02:15 PM
Just about a year ago Mrs. Keel and I put our sailboat, a 1969 Hinckley 38, in dry dock and put a "For Sale" sign on her. We have owned Kotchka for over 12 years. We sailed her summers in Maine before we moved aboard and set off cruising. We cruised her from Maine to Nova Scotia and down to the Islands of the Bahamas. She took us across the Gulf Stream 14 times. She was our only home for 6 years. Saved our butts many times due to our boneheadedness. During our ownership we put over 25,000 nautical miles under the keel.
Today we signed a contract to sell her. There is a cliche that the two happiest days of a sailors life are, the day he buys a boat and the day he sells her. Not true. Yeah we are relieved, but it feels more than a little melancholy. Fortunately we're not selling because we have to, but because we want to. It's time. Our cruising days are over and it's time to let someone else take care of her.
A couple of pics for those who care...
This was taken at a sailboat race, Georgetown, Bahamas. 2003. We won!!!
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/evenkeel_album/regatta.jpg
At anchor at Lee Stocking Island, Exumas, Bahamas.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/evenkeel_album/KotchkafromLH.jpg
And it's not all fun and games. :thwap:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/evenkeel_album/Engine002.jpg
Today we signed a contract to sell her. There is a cliche that the two happiest days of a sailors life are, the day he buys a boat and the day he sells her. Not true. Yeah we are relieved, but it feels more than a little melancholy. Fortunately we're not selling because we have to, but because we want to. It's time. Our cruising days are over and it's time to let someone else take care of her.
A couple of pics for those who care...
This was taken at a sailboat race, Georgetown, Bahamas. 2003. We won!!!
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/evenkeel_album/regatta.jpg
At anchor at Lee Stocking Island, Exumas, Bahamas.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/evenkeel_album/KotchkafromLH.jpg
And it's not all fun and games. :thwap:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/evenkeel_album/Engine002.jpg