I bought the 23.6 Kittiwake because she sat lonely and neglected accumulating Spanish moss like a beard. I know nothing about sailing, but this boat needed a skipper and I could hear my dad....
I didn't see an old boat, but a dream of my fathers since he was a kid.
My father died while I was deployed to Iraq and I told him that when I cam back we would buy a boat and sail it, unfortunately that dream never came true ,as I received the new of his death on the battlefield. I couldn't even get home for the funeral, but swore to my dad as I lay crying in the sand that I would do it for him.
I now rub, wash, and hope for some help in learning and refitting this boat for us.
This is a sentimental journey for me and I hope there are others who will guide me in the right direction or become my mentor.
I know one day I will sail out onto the ocean with my fathers bomber wings next to me on the shelf and read The Old Man and the Sea aloud to him as a testament to my love for him.
I didn't see an old boat, but a dream of my fathers since he was a kid.
My father died while I was deployed to Iraq and I told him that when I cam back we would buy a boat and sail it, unfortunately that dream never came true ,as I received the new of his death on the battlefield. I couldn't even get home for the funeral, but swore to my dad as I lay crying in the sand that I would do it for him.
I now rub, wash, and hope for some help in learning and refitting this boat for us.
This is a sentimental journey for me and I hope there are others who will guide me in the right direction or become my mentor.
I know one day I will sail out onto the ocean with my fathers bomber wings next to me on the shelf and read The Old Man and the Sea aloud to him as a testament to my love for him.