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Knotical – Final Chapter

Today starts a new book in the Harris Family Sailing Journal.

We are buying our new (to us) Catalina 27 today. The fella we are buying the new boat from will be heading to St. Pete on Monday the 21st to purchase the boat he is planning to buy to replace the boat he is selling us. We were originally supposed to complete our deal on Monday, but have moved it to today instead. The seller is a sailing instructor and already had classes planned for this weekend, so we agreed to complete the sale today, but with the allowance of him still using the boat over the weekend. So we’ll own the new boat as of today, but won’t transfer her to the new berth till Monday. We are excited about having the additional room for those overnight trips and about keeping the boat at a slip, so after a long day of sailing, we can just tie off and go home. Of course though with slip fees as they are, you pay for that luxury.

Knotical will also be sold today. The fella buying has already provided a deposit and is driving the ~8.5 hours this morning from Stuart, FL to purchase and will arrive around 2pm. We had discussed taking Knotical for a quick sail while he has me to show him everything about the boat, but the weather (mainly wind) doesn’t look like it will be favorable for the Potter, so I am planning to show him a dry run in the driveway. He is bringing a video camera to tape the dry run, so that he will have a reference video to study at home. The buyer is a first time sailor, which is the reason for me doing the dry run with him. He has never owned a sailboat before and is really excited about getting out on the water with one and has sailing lessons scheduled with an ASA class in Stuart sometime in the next week or so. He has three kids, so I am very glad that Knotical is going to a good family who will be able to catch the sailing bug together.

That’s all I have to report for now and will update once we actually have the new boat in her berth.

April 18th, 2008 Posted by Captain | Knotical - WWP15 | no comments

Knotical Pt.6

We haven’t had any sailing time in just over a month, which is unusual for us. We typically get in at least a weekend of sailing once a month during the winter and nearly every weekend during the summer. The last two weeks of weather haven’t been favorable for our Potter. Prior to that, our dog Buddy, became very sick, which was about 5 weeks ago and was diagnosed with a failing heart with only a week expected to live. She had been with us for a decade and never had any kind of health problems. The vet put her on a concoction of heart pills that we had to give her every few hours. We had a trip planned for Lawton, OK and was going to take Knotical with us, but we canceled in order to take care of Buddy. She ended up passing away on March 30, which was three weeks after being diagnosed with her heart condition. So we haven’t had any sailing time since she became sick, but it was worth it to be able to get a little more time with her.

April 17th, 2008 Posted by Captain | Knotical - WWP15 | no comments