They say the two happiest days for a sailor are the day they buy their boat
and the day they sell their boat. I am torn today as we say goodby to
Whistler II, our C 30 ‘73 after 26 years.
My wife and I raised our two boys aboard and had great sailing adventures
and serene evenings at anchor all
Robert,
That looked like tons of fun.
I'm a lucky man because my wife enjoys putting the rail in the water. I'm
usually the one worrying because she has no regard for the forces
involved. She broke the undersized mainsheet shackle on our first solo
sail because the PO never pushed the boat as
Whistler II built 6/73 hull #190 (it's "Whistler II" because Stu already had
"Whistler")
On the hard in Penetanguishene, ON
We're probably going to sell her next year. Structurally and mechanically
sound but looking a bit worse for wear. My son is re-building the Atomic IV
this fall for his
We are pulling the A4 from our C 30 '73 tomorrow and my son is going to work
on it over the winter for his term project in auto shop class.
The motor gets light use in fresh water so I do not want to go with electronic
ignition or other bells and whistles. The boat has little residual value
Alan,
I have a two-blade Gori that I took off our 30 Mk 1 years ago that you can get
at a good price. We don't race and it folded once too often while my wife was
docking.
It is sized for an Atomic 4. I have no idea where it is but I can look for it
if you are interested.
We had an
