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Under Contract ??? I have reached an agreement to sell our beloved La Vita Dolce. All should go as planned. When the sale is complete, I will post that info. I am taking our ads down. Thanks to everyone here for their help over the past years. John Sage

Marine Trader Thanks for the update. You might have a better result by starting a new thread, though. I have also been getting good responses from my ads on boattrader / boats.com, and from S Florida and Tampa CraigsList ads, as well as here on the Forum. All of my ads direct to a web page with...

Cheoy Lee 40 LRC That was my last thought also. I had already spent money correcting / checking things that he had asked / complained about. But they are now done. JohnS

Cheoy lee 40 lrc for sale again Thanks. I am reposting all my ads, and re-contacting everyone who responded to them. Boat Pics and info at - johnsboat.net Thanks, JohnS

Back for Sale La Vita Dolce is back for sale. The "buyer" I thought I had was less than I thought he was. After having the boat inspected by his friend who likely was a surveyor, and negotiating a price thereafter, he showed on closing day with a substantially lower offer. I am selling her...

Cheoy Lee 40 LRC - UNDER CONTRACT The boat is under contract. I will remove the ad when it is sold. Thanks all. JohnS

Our Cheoy Lee 40 Long Range Cruiser had been reduced to $44.900 Otherwise as in the advert below. More pics, info, details at johnsboat.net Thanks, JohnS

Friends, my health will no longer allow me to enjoy La Vita Dolce as I should, so we are selling her and moving ashore. Details are on my web page, johnsboat.net. She is a cruise ready boat, and lives karge for her length, 40' on deck, 38' waterline, 4' 6" draft, 14'6" beam, <15' air draft...

Recent health problems have me swallowing the anchor and moving ashore. Our beloved La Vita Dolce is for sale. She is a Cheoy Lee 40' (LOD) Long Range Cruiser. 700 gallons fuel, 600 gallons water. Twin Lehman 135 Naturals, 4 gph at 7 kts. The full details (PDF) and some photos are attached...

Slip East of St Lucie Lock Check Sandpiper Bay Marina on the N St Lucie River. Doesn't seem to have a good web page, and is car dependent, but secure. It is inside the gates of a Club Med resort, but wasn't too expensive in early 2020. Another you might try is Kennedy Point Marina in...

Gotcha dinner Thanks. I'll be there. ;-)

Sorry for the late reply. I plan to be there, but Priscilla will probably not be. We lost a tenant last fall and I had to spend most of November and December getting the house ready to sell. Must have done a good job, as it sold 5K over asking in 4 hours. Anyway, we decided, for multiple...

Fender Boards Weathered is normal, but splinters will hurt you when handling them, and should be sanded smooth. Treated 2 x 6 or 2 x 8 by 5 feet is usually enough. They take a lot of strain, so I drilled 3/4" holes and spliced 5/8 3 strand nylon rope through them, back-splicing the other end...

Preliminary questions $40K is a low budget, but might be doable, depending on how you want to use the boat. Dock queen, or cruising? Don't buy a wooden boat. They are a labor of love, and many marinas and insurers don't love them. Insurance? Availability and cost? Experience requirements / use...

Rum ... and White Zin White (rose) Zin is a Californication of a cooler climate Zinfandel grape. In California, the grapes are too large for the amount of skin the grapes have to make a red Zin of the expected color and flavor intensity. Drawing off the first-run (white) juice, then fermenting...

Brunswick Landing Marina Brunswick Landing Marina has recently made improvments to their dockage, and has raised docking prices. You may want to compare. It is protected from most storms, but is subject to large tides. Mostly floating docks. Dorian came through at low tide, with not too much...

State of residency SBI, St Brendans' Isle, provides both a residency address acceptable to Florida, at a local marina, and a mailing address. You may / will need to have official mail, bills, etc. sent to you there. There is a Florida State form, Declaration of Residency, that affirms that you...

Had a great dinner at The S & S, just up Ave A and left at 148 Depot Drive. Small, great food, great service. Steak Oscar and roast duck. Yum. Try them.

Crabbys was av45 min wait. We are going for food, and will try to get here earlier tomorrow Slainte!

6:45. Not walking so well. Stopping at Crabbys for dinner. See you after a while. John and Priscilla

Late to the party We are just getting to the marina. Any plans for dinner or drinks? We have drinks. :-) John

2021 TF Gather Hi everyone! We will be there tomorrow afternoon, by car. Priscilla is a little worn out today, did too much yesterday. What can we bring besides some Flor de Cana? JohnS

What are you looking for? What type of trawler are you looking for / about to buy? What are your timelines and intended cruising areas? How soon do you need to take possession? We have an 86 Cheoy Lee 40 LRC trawler with twin Lehman 135s that we are doing some repairs and upgrades on in...

One of many problems that GFC overlooks is that some of his proposed solutions would only work if there were far fewer people, and others, like the ending of coal and oil, would fail immediately (many other products made from hydrocarbons), or fail through dis-economies of scale or of the...

Truckers' hitch / gun tackle I use a variant of the hitch shown above, which has never failed me, nor has it failed to un-knot when I untie it. After making the first slip knot, I half-hitch a bight of the running end around the loop. This prevents the loop from closing. After pulling the...