Judging by the lack of comments left on this page, I'm lead to believe that most of you think I made this stuff up. You know, for effect. I have an old friend who says, "never let the truth stand in the way of a good story." And while I tend to agree with that to some degree I have to say when the truth is a good story... well what more could a man ask for. I've spent 20 years … [Read more...]
Part 5: The Flying Hatch; Mystical Mumbo-Jumbo and Who Really Chose Whom
Long title I know but this is where it gets good. The reason I started this whole thing in the first place. This is in fact where the rubber meets the literary road. Where the distance between fact and fiction shrinks and worlds collide to blur the lines between what we 'believe' happened, the time and space in which we think it happened and what truly happened. Probability … [Read more...]
Part 4: “You’re gonna need to change your flight”
I hated to leave the story in mid-swing but it was growing a bit long-winded and that's no fun for a blog. I'll have to break most of these stories into segments. Also, I'm old and I can't remember... Where were we? Oh yeah, Jimmy and Mishi were ordering coffee at the Coffee Shop with the big plastic guy in front while I discovered yet another boat to go look at. … [Read more...]
Part 3: Jimmy and the Bagel Guy
So here we are. The San Juan 24... 'Whore of the Sea' carried me through a spectacular summer, fall and winter of 2006. I met a great girl. We sailed and spent weekends on the lake, sailed on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Cut to summer of 2007 and change is in the air. The boat...not the girl. I had always intended to sell the 'Whore,' the boat, not the girl... and now I had … [Read more...]
Hull #466
It's time... time to write something about my 1970 Tartan 27. Designed by the legendary team of Sparkman & Stephens back in the early 60's, the Tartan 27 was their first fiberglass design. But you can find out all of this online. The "nuts and bolts" if you will. Just Google "Tartan 27" and you'll find a wealth of information, specs and conjecture surrounding this now … [Read more...]