In the event you haven't been in touch with us for awhile, we bought a new boat. She is a Lancer 44 Motorsailer. Kind of like Imelda Marcos said one can not own too many shoes, we said one can not own too many boats. Actually that is bullshit because as of this moment in time, we do own too many boats. Three for you who are keeping score. We have a 38 foot Trawler powerboat, a 30 foot sailboat and now this 44 foot motorsailer. By all definitions three boats is too damned many. We are now trying to cut that number down to one boat.
We named her Catherina Rae the middle names of our two granddaughters. She has two 200 HP turbocharged diesel engines and is capable of doing 18 knots on a plane which she will never see under my con. After almost ten years of life on a stinkpot, I just had to become a real sailor again because I yam what I yam. I can sail her from the inside helm and all sheets and halyards are led to the steering station except for the jib sheets. Both the mainsail and jib are roller furled so I can enjoy the best of both worlds.
I hope to be ready for offshore sailing fairly soon. If you can read this come join the fun.
AMF
The other Donald
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