Hi. My name is Matt and I live in New Baltimore, MI. I've been into boating for about 12 years now. Only power boating. My wife and I bought a 35 Silverton in 05 and just sold it this year. We have a 24 Rinker we just bought new last year we use for tooling around Lake St. Clair and the river systems.
The past couple years I've been wanting to get into sailing. We had range limitations with the Silverton and eventually we stopped taking trips because of the rising cost of gas. We enjoyed taking trips to Lexington MI, Catawba OH, Put-in-Bay OH and Bayfield, Cananda. My plans were to journey up to the Georgian Bay, Mackinaw, the UP and Lake Michigan but the costs are too high. So, the obvious choice is to get into a sailboat.
At the moment I do not have a boat. I am in the hunt. With my wife and two kids, I'd like to have a 35' to 37' and would even go a little higher if the price is right. I'd like to find a well used boat that requires work so I can make most repairs myself and really get to know my vessel inside and out. I'm thinking of making a purchase in a few months and plan to keep it on the hard in a yard over the winter so I can work on it.
I work from home here in New Baltimore for an IT company. My wife owns her own business here also. We have two kids (7 & 9) and they have been boaters since they were born. We are extremely active with our schedules and only take vacation to tropical places surrounded by water. It's a recurring theme in our lives. We love to cruise and are going for our annual 11 day Southern Caribbean cruise this year in November.
That's just a brief background. Looking forward to meeting many here on this site. Also, I've been following many live-aboards on FB in the Sailboat Liveaboard group; which is a far off dream of mine.
The past couple years I've been wanting to get into sailing. We had range limitations with the Silverton and eventually we stopped taking trips because of the rising cost of gas. We enjoyed taking trips to Lexington MI, Catawba OH, Put-in-Bay OH and Bayfield, Cananda. My plans were to journey up to the Georgian Bay, Mackinaw, the UP and Lake Michigan but the costs are too high. So, the obvious choice is to get into a sailboat.
At the moment I do not have a boat. I am in the hunt. With my wife and two kids, I'd like to have a 35' to 37' and would even go a little higher if the price is right. I'd like to find a well used boat that requires work so I can make most repairs myself and really get to know my vessel inside and out. I'm thinking of making a purchase in a few months and plan to keep it on the hard in a yard over the winter so I can work on it.
I work from home here in New Baltimore for an IT company. My wife owns her own business here also. We have two kids (7 & 9) and they have been boaters since they were born. We are extremely active with our schedules and only take vacation to tropical places surrounded by water. It's a recurring theme in our lives. We love to cruise and are going for our annual 11 day Southern Caribbean cruise this year in November.
That's just a brief background. Looking forward to meeting many here on this site. Also, I've been following many live-aboards on FB in the Sailboat Liveaboard group; which is a far off dream of mine.