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20-08-2009, 06:01
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: On the Boat
Boat: Fortuna, Island Spirit 400, 40ft. Catamaran - S/V One White Tree
Posts: 179
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We Share a Certain Kind of Crazy Enthusiasm
After forty years of talking about it, I'm finally doing it.
I’ve bought the boat.
I have a girlfriend crazy enough to come with me.
I’m selling the house and all my stuff.
At the end of the hurricane season, we move onto the boat for a five to fifty year sabbatical.
I’ve been lurking for over a year and am amazed at the knowledge and enthusiasm demonstrated by you people. I found this forum by searching on “3GM30” and I’m sure you’ve saved me many thousands of dollars already.
I’m happy to be aboard and hope I can contribute in my own way.
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"And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over."
John Masefield
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20-08-2009, 06:19
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Marathon, Boot key harbor
Boat: CSY 44 w/o hull# 158 S/V Leighward
Posts: 252
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welcome aboard........
aren't these folk just great...closing on the house in sept...in December me and my wife are going for the sabbatical too....and i know i would have lost money on the purchase if not for these guys...see you in the islands...........Ed
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20-08-2009, 06:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: In transit ( Texas to wherever the wind blows us)
Boat: Pacific Seacraft a Crealock 34
Posts: 4,115
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Go for it! Well, it sounds like you already are but still had to say it  Godspeed to your dreams, house closings and cutting of the dock lines.
Cheers,
Erika
An Old Irish Blessing
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
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20-08-2009, 07:12
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Brighton, UK
Boat: Privilege 37
Posts: 3,774
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Best of luck for the adventure. I hope you will keep us posted on what happens, and start to be a contributor , saving future newbies lots of $$$
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"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss."
Robert A Heinlein
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20-08-2009, 07:34
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 16
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Keep posting so that we dreamers will have something to read and look forward to! Best of luck to you!
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Shannon
Dreams are just yesterdays that haven't happened yet
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20-08-2009, 08:01
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CF Adviser Moderator Emeritus

Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Virginia
Boat: Island Packet 380, now sold
Posts: 8,943
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Olorin
...I found this forum by searching on “3GM30” and I’m sure you’ve saved me many thousands of dollars already...
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On CF, we guarantee you'll get your price of admission back, and more!  Best wishes on your sabbatical, and keep us posted!
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Hud
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20-08-2009, 20:34
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Aloha and Welcome aboard! Good to have you posting here.
Kind regards
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John
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01-06-2010, 06:30
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: On the Boat
Boat: Fortuna, Island Spirit 400, 40ft. Catamaran - S/V One White Tree
Posts: 179
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Quick update ----
Sold the house yesterday, on to the boat before the end of June.
Exciting times!!
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"And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over."
John Masefield
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01-06-2010, 06:35
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Eternal Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Boat: Vancouver 36 cutter????
Posts: 620
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Congrats on selling the house (less than a year so there's hope for the rest of us) and buying the boat. The Fortuna's a nice cat and 40' a sweet size.
Can we assume your heading South as opposed to the Northwest Passage?
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Capt. Douglas Abbott
USCG/MCA IV/M.I./C.I. 500-ton Oceans
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01-06-2010, 07:38
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: On the Boat
Boat: Fortuna, Island Spirit 400, 40ft. Catamaran - S/V One White Tree
Posts: 179
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Thanks Capt.,
Selling the house wasn't an issue, it was getting the kids squared away and getting my mind wrapped around the reality of doing it as opposed to the dreaming of doing it. The expression "Be careful of what you wish for." comes to mind.
As for the Northwest Passage, with all due respect to Stan Rogers, I think we'll stick to the southern latitudes. To quote another great Canadian singer/songwriter, Neil Young, when asked why he had a ranch in California he said, "I've done my cold time."
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"And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over."
John Masefield
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01-06-2010, 09:01
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Eternal Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Boat: Vancouver 36 cutter????
Posts: 620
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I had a harder time convincing the kids I wasn't "muy loco" than convincing the now ex-wife that cruising was the way I wanted to go. She had a harder time reducing a 4/3 house and three cars to a sailboat. We ended up compromising by getting a couple large storage lockers - just in case.
I grew up in New Hampshire and decided the only snow I wanted to see was on TV. So far, it's been a great, challenging, confounding ride.
I tell friends the last two and skip the first one.
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Capt. Douglas Abbott
USCG/MCA IV/M.I./C.I. 500-ton Oceans
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03-06-2010, 05:23
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Wherever our boat is; Playa Zaragoza, Isla Margarita
Boat: 1994 Solaris Sunstream 40
Posts: 2,449
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Congratulations on the sale of the house and the start of your new life (and a great time to sell to the extent that housing values in our neck of the woods are due for a fair size drop in the next couple of years). I'm sure you'll find great advice here on everything from maintenance (as you already know) to anchorages. And we, of course, look forward to hearing of your experiences and adventures.
Brad
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