Drake
Guru
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2014
- Messages
- 611
- Location
- Independent Republic of Texas
- Vessel Name
- Small World
- Vessel Make
- Defever 50
My wife and I took a break from active boating for almost 30 years so we could raise a brood of goslings. Now that they are grown and independent (more or less), our interest rekindled (honestly mine more than hers). But, being the wonderful supportive wife she is, pretty soon we found ourselves in full search mode. Our last boat was a Defever 44, which i have missed everday since we sold her almost 30 years ago.
We started our search for another 44, but nothing lit us up. Then, by accident, i stumbled across a very lightly used Defever 50. Encouraged by Roguewave (watch out for that guy), wife and I began investigating the boat. We fell in love, but unfortunately too late. Someone else beat us to the altar with that lovely lass.
Never ones to give in to a few setbacks when destiny is at stake, we kept looking for 50's. Then, lo and behold, we found a brand new boat, a comely beauty, that had our names written all over her. She beckoned. We responded.
Today, October 7 (my birthday, by the way,) we made it official and made her ours.
Now the fun begins.
We look forward to getting to know all of you and picking your considerable collective brains. Hopefully, along the way we can lend an idea or two to earn our keep.
We started our search for another 44, but nothing lit us up. Then, by accident, i stumbled across a very lightly used Defever 50. Encouraged by Roguewave (watch out for that guy), wife and I began investigating the boat. We fell in love, but unfortunately too late. Someone else beat us to the altar with that lovely lass.
Never ones to give in to a few setbacks when destiny is at stake, we kept looking for 50's. Then, lo and behold, we found a brand new boat, a comely beauty, that had our names written all over her. She beckoned. We responded.
Today, October 7 (my birthday, by the way,) we made it official and made her ours.
Now the fun begins.
We look forward to getting to know all of you and picking your considerable collective brains. Hopefully, along the way we can lend an idea or two to earn our keep.