And Now...the Rest of the Story...
Apologies to Paul Harvey. We are small time farmers, retired military, who just bought a Coleman (Dutchman) CTS14FD TT so we can enjoy seeing the vast heartland. We previously had a 22' C-Dory in A...
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owenssailor wrote:
We have sailed since 75, have had our current 1963 38 ft wooden yawl (2 masts) since 78
As a new young commercial pilot back in the early '70s, my first long cross country charter was flying a family from Tucson to the RCAFB in Trenton, ONT. Rather than staying there for the week, I flew down to Boston where I had a friend whose parents managed a twin high-rise apartment/condo complex on the harbor. They gave me a free room for the week and fed me lobster almost every meal! There was also a marina at the complex and they had a few lessee's who where not residents. One was the owner of a Hinckley B-40 yawl and the liveabord captain was a friend of my friend. He invited us out sailing one day as long as he did not have to do anything. I had never been on a sailboat before. Out in the harbor he had us put up every sail on the boat (except the chute), the jib, main, mizzen, and all of the stay sails. To this day it was the most awesome experience of my life. We were heeled over with the water running over the rails and along the walks...just awesome. I was hooked. ;)
Pat
