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30-11-2017, 21:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Petaluma, CA
Boat: Nauticat 43
Posts: 80
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Woohoo We did it!
Long time lurker, (always learning) 2nd time poster.
It’s finally happened! After 13 years of learning, practicing, learning some more, sailing with other people, sailing on other peoples boats (probably the smartest thing) practicing some more, going on sailing trips and learning, learning, learning...............we bought a sailboat!! My lovely wife and I are the proud (pending survey) owners of a 1987 Nauticat 43. We’ve looked at boats forever and are thrilled!! This is the first day so I wanted to share it with everyone. Remember that first day?? It’s pretty cool....... So today, I set up a survey, haul out, and the about to be previous owner to be in the same place at the same time for the survey and test sail. It was fun! I’ve been dreaming about this for a long time. Our plans (what ever that means) are to sail the SF Bay Area, Delta, short ocean trips to Half Moon Bay, Drakes Bay etc for 2 years to get to know her better and then head south with the Baja HaHa and keep her in the Sea of Cortez for a while. Wish us luck!
I’d like to thank everyone on Cruisers Forum for the help, support, laughter, comedy, arguments and fodder over the years. Truly enjoyable! Now, quick question.........what anchor should I buy? JUST KIDDING 
Richie Rich
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30-11-2017, 21:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 17
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Congrats on the boat[emoji106]
They say the happiest days of a boat owners life are the day you buy it and the day you sell it!
But I don’t believe em , great stuff!
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30-11-2017, 21:40
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Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Channel Islands, CA
Boat: 1962 Columbia 29 MK 1 #37
Posts: 15,539
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re: Woohoo We did it!
WOW! Congratulations! Take lots of pics! I have heard lots of great things about Nauticats but haven't been on one yet. When you come south, meet us out at the islands so I can get a tour of your boat! 
Welcome aboard here!
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Pythagoras
1962 Columbia 29 MKI #37
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30-11-2017, 22:02
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Cape Coral, FL/Annapolis, MD
Boat: Too many and they’re all for sale
Posts: 150
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Congrats! What guns are you gonna carry on board?
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30-11-2017, 22:11
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 21,720
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Quote:
Originally Posted by FutureStories
Congrats! What guns are you gonna carry on board? |
As a pretty experienced boat owner and cruiser, I heartily recommend the following:
Grease gun
Caulking gun
Staple gun
And for the OP, congratulations on standing on the edge of a steep,slippery slope. Might as well just slip over the edge and continue the plunge... it's a great life!
Jim
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30-11-2017, 22:45
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Moderator and Certifiable Refitter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: South of 43 S, Australia
Boat: C.L.O.D.
Posts: 21,817
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Welcome aboard rbarzil, I note you are a long time member and short time poster. Now you got your boat stuff out of the way, you can post more stuff 
Congratulations, hope you have many years of happy sailing.
Jim's list of guns you need is one short, he forgot to include a popgun!
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence
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30-11-2017, 22:59
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: puget sound washington
Boat: 1968 Islander bahama 24 hull 182, 1963 columbia 29 defender. hull # 60
Posts: 13,268
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re: Woohoo We did it!
And the most important one you hope to never need a flare gun.
Congrats on the nauticat. Just an odd question where is the hole in the water you just purchased?
(A 43 ketch just recently listed in my marina.)
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30-11-2017, 23:22
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2016
Boat: Wauquiez Pretorien 35
Posts: 439
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Congrats!! It only gets better. Oh, and a Spade...
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01-12-2017, 00:00
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Somewhere on the Ocean
Boat: Lagoon 440
Posts: 1,470
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sealife74
Congrats on the boat[emoji106]
They say the happiest days of a boat owners life are the day you buy it and the day you sell it!
But I don’t believe em , great stuff!
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That's for Cafe Owners - I can Confirm it in the full
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01-12-2017, 00:46
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Australia
Boat: Catalina 470
Posts: 4,578
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re: Woohoo We did it!
The excitement in your post is awesome! From here on you will experience every emotion known to man!!!! Good stuff.
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01-12-2017, 02:22
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 52,398
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Richie.
Congratulations!
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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01-12-2017, 03:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: On Board, South Coast, UK
Boat: 47' Cutter
Posts: 45
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Congratulations!
Thanks or sharing and fair winds,
MooseMarine
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01-12-2017, 05:15
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Palmetto, FL
Boat: "Wanderlust" -- 1999 Jefferson Rivanna 52'
Posts: 874
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Congratulations! How exciting. Hope all goes well in the survey. Keep posting. Let us know what's happening and tell us about your adventures.
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01-12-2017, 05:30
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia
Boat: B24
Posts: 787
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Congrats... fair winds and following seas...
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01-12-2017, 06:00
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Floating around the Bahamas until North America warms up.
Boat: Leopard 40 2009
Posts: 665
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re: Woohoo We did it!
Congratulations on your new girlfriend! You've bought a lifetime of adventure.
Now that you're boat owners, you should change your CF signatures in two ways -- (1) change your profile to give us your boat description so everyone doesn't ask, and (2) get the word "Rich" out of your tag line.
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Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt." -- Eric Sevareid
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