Monday, January 18, 2010

Real boats

I would love to write a post about the work being done on Nomad, or about how she is about to splash, or how we fared on our first night at anchor of the new season but... There has been no work completed yet, Nomad isn't about to splash, and the season seems a long, long...long way away.

Not that boats don't dominate our spare time. A common question around here is, "What is the boat of the day?" Meaning a boat one of us spotted on the web that fired up our imaginings of getting gone. Right now Deb is pretty fond of a Tayana 42 called "Wanderlust" that is being sold out of Norwalk, Connecticut (http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/10688). Me? I'm still clinging to my catamaran musings.

Next weekend, hopefully, we will get back to more than musings. With a little help from the weather and some hope of finally shaking the illness that has dogged both of us this winter, we plan to lay hands on Nomad once again. The weekend after that, a train ride to the Chicago Boat Show. It will be good to see real boats again, not just pictures on websites.

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