JohnS
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 15, 2018
- Messages
- 269
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- MV La Vita Dolce
- Vessel Make
- Cheoy Lee 40 LRC
Hi all. Longish time lurker, retired and had thought about getting a boat for a while.
We had narrowed the field down to a few makes and sizes, and early this month decided on a road trip to go aboard such of them as were for sale around the Southeast.
We were not intending to actually buy a boat, yhat was planned for next Spring.
We eliminated a couple of makes, looked at a dozen or so boats which focused our attention on what we really wanted in a boat which could become a home for us, and kept on.
In Stuart FL a boat we wanted to look at could not be shown, as the seller was out of town, so (as I have learned to say) the Admiral looked on Craigslist to see if any boats were for sale, and one was.
We called, the owners invited us aboard and showed us their 15 year labor of love, the La Vita Dolce, a Cheoy Lee 40 LRC.
She had been well maintained, upgraded, and cared for as the POs winter home, and was everything that we wanted, at a very reasonable price.
Th he owners took us out for a day cruise, after having led us through the boat and her systems, equipment, and upgrades. She performed well, her twin Lehman 135s started instantly from cold, without smoke, ran to full revd without strain, and warm at load carried 80lbs oil pressure.
Back at the dock, the owner yolc us how his health was forcing the sale, and that he wanted to sell her to someone who would love the boat as much as he did.
The Admiral nodded at me, I nodded back, and we told the owners that we would buy it, subject to survey.
The survey went well, only one medium problem, disclosed in advance, that the rear heads drain to the black tank was plugged.
We are researching replacing the heads and tank with composting heads.
As we had not expected to buy a boat, the rest of our life is not ready.
We have moved her from her home slip in Stuart to dry storage in Indiantown while we close up and sell our house in Indianapolis.
Once this is done, we will move aboard and start working on this new adventure.
(Yes, I know that adventures are dangerous, unpleasant things which happen to other people a long way away)
This seems to be a fun group, and we look forward to meeting you all, either online or in person.
John and Priscilla Sage, La Vita Dolce
We had narrowed the field down to a few makes and sizes, and early this month decided on a road trip to go aboard such of them as were for sale around the Southeast.
We were not intending to actually buy a boat, yhat was planned for next Spring.
We eliminated a couple of makes, looked at a dozen or so boats which focused our attention on what we really wanted in a boat which could become a home for us, and kept on.
In Stuart FL a boat we wanted to look at could not be shown, as the seller was out of town, so (as I have learned to say) the Admiral looked on Craigslist to see if any boats were for sale, and one was.
We called, the owners invited us aboard and showed us their 15 year labor of love, the La Vita Dolce, a Cheoy Lee 40 LRC.
She had been well maintained, upgraded, and cared for as the POs winter home, and was everything that we wanted, at a very reasonable price.
Th he owners took us out for a day cruise, after having led us through the boat and her systems, equipment, and upgrades. She performed well, her twin Lehman 135s started instantly from cold, without smoke, ran to full revd without strain, and warm at load carried 80lbs oil pressure.
Back at the dock, the owner yolc us how his health was forcing the sale, and that he wanted to sell her to someone who would love the boat as much as he did.
The Admiral nodded at me, I nodded back, and we told the owners that we would buy it, subject to survey.
The survey went well, only one medium problem, disclosed in advance, that the rear heads drain to the black tank was plugged.
We are researching replacing the heads and tank with composting heads.
As we had not expected to buy a boat, the rest of our life is not ready.
We have moved her from her home slip in Stuart to dry storage in Indiantown while we close up and sell our house in Indianapolis.
Once this is done, we will move aboard and start working on this new adventure.
(Yes, I know that adventures are dangerous, unpleasant things which happen to other people a long way away)
This seems to be a fun group, and we look forward to meeting you all, either online or in person.
John and Priscilla Sage, La Vita Dolce