After sinking 3K into my old jet boat big block and getting 20 hours out of it I came back to sailing.
In 2007 I bought a 16' 1981 Hobie. Actually my Wife found it for me. I taught her that high grass around things is sometimes a "For Sale" sign. The boat had very little use but needed a tramp, running, and standing rigging. $500 for the boat, another $1000 in goodies and upgrades...Fine boat. Oh yeah, the sails are original and crisp!
Last year after taking ASA courses in Abaco I had the boat bug bad. I wanted something to cruise the upper-mid Chesapeake on. Bringing the Wife into this slowly I wanted a smaller trailerable boat, fairly new, and in good shape. I KNOW I'm getting a larger boat one day but our 1993 Macgregor 26 swing keel sure fits the bill for now. We have so much fun on that thing! Right now it's under a few feet of snow in the back yard on it's trailer. Somewhat depressing. However in no time at all we'll be launching and putting to slip our "Nauti Time" and be running out of Rock Creek again!
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