An Unexpected Surprise

[bljones]

Originally Posted by xort

CK
Do you have a soul? I'm tight with a guy who will give you top dollar for it.

Based on the fact that you have the head from hell on board, something tells me you may have bought that guy's boat.

[jackytdunaway]

Was that at Lake Norman Sailing club. My father in law used to keep his boat there before selling it. They are nice folks there. and it is cheap to keep a boat there.

[Perithead]

Sounds like fate!

Maybe that RV will sell soon and you can get yourself a real RV, a sailboat. I think the O'day 25's are pretty roomy aren't they?

[ckgreenman]

Originally Posted by jackytdunaway

Was that at Lake Norman Sailing club. My father in law used to keep his boat there before selling it. They are nice folks there. and it is cheap to keep a boat there.

Yup it was at LNSC. I never knew that marina was even there until Friday. And it's a Sail Only marina And yes, It's the cheapest on the lake. Something like $1000/year and that includes water, electricity, and use of the club house which has showers and such.

Nice.

[bubb2]

The New year is looking up, CK

[ckgreenman]

Originally Posted by Perithead

Sounds like fate!

Maybe that RV will sell soon and you can get yourself a real RV, a sailboat. I think the O'day 25's are pretty roomy aren't they?

Hopefully. Granted the O'Day 25 doesn't have near as much room inside as my 35 ft RV but it is surprisingly roomy. It's only about 5'6" down stairs (I'm 5'10" and my wife is 5'4") but it's not bad. I think it has an 8'6" beam. The nice part is that in a pinch We could just hook up the boat and use it as a camper I would need to wire in shore power or replace all the lighting with LED.

[ckgreenman]

Originally Posted by xort

CK
Do you have a soul? I'm tight with a guy who will give you top dollar for it.

Nah. the wife already has that.

[ckgreenman]

Originally Posted by SailingStNick

What a great story. I think most boaters are very nice people, and recognize when others are interested and believe they, too, are nice people.

I'm slowly hanging around our local harbor hoping to meet some of the guys that are out tinkering on their sailboats every day. Maybe pick up a free lesson here and there.

That's cool. I was totally not expecting to be asked if we wanted to go out. And the added little sailing lessons for my wife were a nice added touch

[painkiller]

Originally Posted by sailaway21

Doesn't keeping up with Painkiller mean anything to you? (g)

That's it!! I'm running out to West Marine right now! Damn you, Joneses!! *shakes fist at imaginary Joneses*

[painkiller]

Hey, CK. Those O'Days are real nice. A buddy of mine had a 272. It would sail in a whisper and was a blast in the heavier stuff. Plenty of room down below. With the shoal draft, you can take it anywhere.

I've always found boat people, sail or power, to be very generous and trusting. Then I take advantage of them and they regret ever meeting me.