Mar 24, 2012
“A Boat is but a hole in the water in which to throw your money” – every sailor that’s ever lived Okay, it’s time to get down to brass tacks. All romanticizing aside, Selkie is a 50 year old sailboat, and so will require some...
Mar 20, 2012
Some of you may be wondering who that naked guy blowing the conch shell was on our last post. Well, after much back and forth, we decided to go ahead and commission a sculptor to capture my physical form in bronze to display at the wedding. I think he kinda skimped on...
Mar 18, 2012
Fortunately for us, a previous owner performed an extensive refit in 2007 that addressed many of the Tritons’ know issues. Fortunately for Selkie, that previous owner was a well respected marine surveyor, so we feel confident that all those projects were done...
Mar 7, 2012
She’s 1600 miles away. She’s in a foreign country. We had to coordinate the seller, the surveyor and the crane driver. She could only be hauled at certain hours of the day due to tides. We could only contact the marina with a calling card since our Verizon plan...
Mar 5, 2012
As the old saying goes… “The two best days of a sailor’s life are the day he buys his boat and the day he sells his boat.” Well, let’s just say we’re riding pretty high right now. We were sad to see her pull away down the road, but we knew it...
