SchoonerSkipper
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After more than 50 years of sailing, from a Sunfish to a 32’ schooner, from Michigan’s and North Carolina’s inland lakes to the Potomac River, Long Beach (CA) Harbor and Catalina Island, San Diego and Mobile Bays and Pensacola, our latest boat - the schooner, “Mystic Traveler” - was deemed a total loss from damage sustained in Hurricane Sally (September 2020).
We’d already been talking about making the switch to a trawler for the next phase of our boating experience: coastal cruising from New Orleans to the Florida “Forgotten Coast” and the rivers of the Tenn-Tom watershed; so the loss of our schooner seemed like the right time. We started looking and almost immediately found a 1987 Transpac Eagle 32. We made an offer and yesterday it was accepted! So as we transition the schooner to the salvage company, we’ll be finalizing purchase of the Eagle.
We’re looking forward to learning a lot here - where to go, how to do it. I’m sure I’ll have a lot of questions, particularly related to systems and techniques. And I hope I’ll have some value to add along the way.
Thanks for having us!
We’d already been talking about making the switch to a trawler for the next phase of our boating experience: coastal cruising from New Orleans to the Florida “Forgotten Coast” and the rivers of the Tenn-Tom watershed; so the loss of our schooner seemed like the right time. We started looking and almost immediately found a 1987 Transpac Eagle 32. We made an offer and yesterday it was accepted! So as we transition the schooner to the salvage company, we’ll be finalizing purchase of the Eagle.
We’re looking forward to learning a lot here - where to go, how to do it. I’m sure I’ll have a lot of questions, particularly related to systems and techniques. And I hope I’ll have some value to add along the way.
Thanks for having us!