I'm impressed by Chris's attitude. I think it would take more than a few beers to make me forget that I had seen my wife flashing. On a Hinckley, no less.
But Kevin's right, almost entirely so. After the sun sets and you go below, even some of our C-27's look pretty darn nice. I've seen a couple great examples along the way on members' websites. Jeane and I will be leaving our own C-27 behind when we've got her refit finished, but that's a long story. We're moving-I won't say up, but rather out-to a 42 foot Whitby cutter ketch. The sunsets will look just the same, but we'll have a better opportunity to see them from foreign ports or on bluewater passages, and we'll have room for more books and tools below. But prior to taking off, we're going to have to finish the work I've started on the C-27. I started a blog a week ago to cover the background of our decision and our move from Rockford, IL to Oriental, NC. I've written a bit about the C-27 and I'll be including a great deal more along the way, so it may be of some interest to a few of you. Oh, and there's a really outstanding movie clip from a pair of Australian comedians in one of the posts-worth taking a peek just to see that, perhaps. The link is http://gypsyjourney.wordpress.com. It does contain pictures of my wife, but she's not flashing, and she's not on a Hinckley. However-I don't want to mention the other H-word, but we spent two days last week on Lake Michigan in a Hunter 33, and on the second day in only about 7-8 knots of wind, using the in-mast-furling main and only a 110% genoa, with Jeane steering upwind and me trimming, we made up half a mile and hauled in a 45-foot Beneteau. So I don't care if she doesn't flash anyone-she can sail pretty well for a gurl. <proud grin> David Shaddock 1977 Pixie, std rig trad interior From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Morton Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Saw this on Craigslist I feel so lucky to have the Catalina 27 I have. While I have no doubt that the Hinckleys are beautiful, just remember that the view of the sunset is just as sweet from a ten thousand dollar boat as it is from a ten million dollar boat... Kevin M. Morton S/V Serenity #1920 _/)_ --- On Tue, 9/2/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Saw this on Craigslist To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 8:50 PM Those bows are funny as hell. And I can get you hooked up with a Hinckley any time you think you can handle one. Our best friends are brokers for Hinckley and we are lucky enough to be able to get a ride about once a week. I ask myself every week when my wife flashes by on which ever Hinckley is available that week, why I am not there with them rather than killing myself racing our beat up old boats. Then we get a decent result, talk about what we did right and what we did wrong over a few beers on the way back to the slip and don't question it again for another 6 days.... Chris D ************** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
