What is your boat's history?

[Hamin' X]

Has this thread been hijacked? Talk about pirates!. By the way, if you think it's time for reefer, it's probably too late.

~Rich

[JoeVacs]

I don't know much about the history of my boat, other than she was "rode hard, and put up wet"

When I bought her, she had been purchased by a guy that planned to repair the damage and sell her to make a profit. He was waiting for some ignorant , sucker to come along, that knew nothing about boats. That's when I showed up
He did a very poor job of patching to say the least. He seemed perplexed as to why I would pay his asking price for this boat; I found out later why. I wanted a sailboat way too badly.

The bow had been ripped off, probably from running head first into a low bridge and hitting the forestay. She had been left on a rotting trailer full of rainwater for years. I believe the owner that left her for dead had raced her in the St Petersburgh, Fl area, because the sails had numbers on them. I drove from Western NC down to Fl to pick her up. The trailer was so bad, I only got to Jacksonville before abandoning the idea of pulling her to NC. I went home ( NC ) and borrowed a flat bed trailer from a friend, went back down and winched the whole rotten mess up on it and drove it home. The rest is in the pictures. I kinda feel like the guy on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I brought an old abandoned racer back to life

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25826781@N ... 736968896/

It was a fun experience and although I payed way more than the boat was worth, and have put way more into her than I will ever get out of her, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything !

[Catigale]

THAT

is a RESTORATION

well done!!!!!

[Cjflyer]

Lots of cool/interesting stories. I am not a "reefer" person nor have I ever been so I don't have anything to add to that part of the story. I just hope my family and I get the chance to make some of our own history on this little sailor. Thanks for all the input!

Chad

[bigbirdcdl]

You now know more about boats than MOST sailers. You and your crew should be very happy with the results you brought back from the DEEP. (IE on land) and gave life, sail safe and often.

[Rick Westlake]

The "reefer" jokes were fun, guys, but a story like Joe's is one to bring a smile of admiration to our faces.

Sail her with PRIDE!

[second wind too]

That's a great story. You may have paid too much, but you brought a cool boat back from the brink of being in a landfill somewhere....good Karma. Hope you get many many years of great sailing from her. It may be appropriate to paint a BIG smile on the bow.
Jeff

[JoeVacs]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I do love my little boat

[40Toes]

Really nice job JoeVacs!

What history does your boat come with?

Mine started life as extremely fine fibers of glass.....