Hello and greetings from Marathon, Fl. We are Mike & Stacey and here's our story.
We are currently 48. When our last of five
children entered college last spring, we
sold the main house, put the
kids in a rental house and ran away from home to the
Florida Keys where we live on what was supposed to be our Great Loop Cruiser (one that took me 4-5 years to restore/renew). It's a 1979 Marinette
Express Cruiser that like the CSY's has an almost cult-like following. I'm going to hate to sell it, but I don't want to deal with 2 boats here.
Our goal was to learn how to sail and buy a sailboat and
cruise. Well "someday" came last week and we could not pass up a 79
CSY 37 plan B shoal
draft for sale locally by the original (very experienced) owners. We took possession today.
So now all we have to do is renew her, learn how to sail,
cruise, celestial navigate, HAM, etc. A year from now we plan our first cruise the
Bahamas.
I've been lurking here on this site over a year (I think).
I'm looking for a
CSY owner's forum. If anyone has directions, it would be appreciated. Also, any other 37 owners who have renewed their boats, please say hi.... if you don't mind me bugging you with questions!
Fair Winds,
Mike