I fished for 12 years, ended up on a
charter and had a blast. Earned my Masters
license in 2005, Raised my only son on a
fishing boat and his sea legs were developed at 4 years old. When I moved back to Casco Bay from the panhandle I was fortunate to secure a position as a dockmaster. That’s when the chapter on sailing opened. It was easy to get reeled in surrounded by some very cool short and
single hand boats in addition to some glorious cruising yachts. It’s hard
learning to sail on
race night, at least with the guys I fell in with, they get damn serious and I found it hard to hold a can of suds while being ordered to hike. I couldn’t learn at the little
sailing school either, a 420 doesn’t have enough free board to hold my butt out of
water. We knew we wanted to “cruise”. Just settle in and get even closer to our sea. We
sold the sportfish and bought a
single owner, New Hampshire built
classic. She’s solidly built; thick as my first wife’s hips with excellent joinery below and not a lick of
varnish topsides. Grey
teak is like a Saturday morning in an Adirondack chair with coffee. Easy. We’re hooked, my
family and I. We named her Pelagos after spending so many years chasing pelagic
fish. We’re
learning to sail. Wish we found it 20 years ago, but so glad we did now.
I lurked and researched here for some time and I’ve completed several improvements to our
boat that can be attributed to members content on this forum. I’ve learned a lot from what are total strangers so I just wanted to poke my
head out and say hello and thank you.