The day after my divorce (March 15) I bought an Allmand 31 off of ebay. "Freedom" is my fourth sailboat. The last boat I owned ten years again was a Mariner 32 and before that a Cal 30 and a Coronardo 25, and then a Piver 50 (don't want to talk about it). I currently live in Atlanta.. the boat is on the hard in Demoplois, Alabama on the TennTom River.
The boat is not in too bad of a shape. Of course, it needs work and I plan to spend most of the summer getting it ready... Ready for what? Cruising!! I hope to have most of the work done by the end of summer and hen move it down to the gulf coast area (Biloxi, Gulfport). After the hurricane season I hope to shove off...
I have been watching a lot of videos about cruising in the Caribbean in the familiar places (Bahamas, etc.) but soon got turned off by what I saw... most of what I saw seemed too expensive, overly hyped, overly crowded, and not much different from what I see in Florida. Then I came across a number of videos about cruising along the central american coast, especially Panama and columbia... I liked what I saw... places and anchorages that are still rustic, people still living as they lived years ago, a simpler and slower life. Have decided that is the region I plan to initially cruse. Cant wait to see the San Blas islands....
John
Allmand 31
The boat is not in too bad of a shape. Of course, it needs work and I plan to spend most of the summer getting it ready... Ready for what? Cruising!! I hope to have most of the work done by the end of summer and hen move it down to the gulf coast area (Biloxi, Gulfport). After the hurricane season I hope to shove off...
I have been watching a lot of videos about cruising in the Caribbean in the familiar places (Bahamas, etc.) but soon got turned off by what I saw... most of what I saw seemed too expensive, overly hyped, overly crowded, and not much different from what I see in Florida. Then I came across a number of videos about cruising along the central american coast, especially Panama and columbia... I liked what I saw... places and anchorages that are still rustic, people still living as they lived years ago, a simpler and slower life. Have decided that is the region I plan to initially cruse. Cant wait to see the San Blas islands....
John
Allmand 31