Billyfeet
Senior Member
I have been lurking here on TF for a while as I contemplated embracing my desire for creature comforts and allowing for my declining physical abilities. Perhaps mental abilities also.....! But thanks to the kind and wise folks who post here giving me a feel for cruising under power I have come over from the dark side! I purchased the last Pilgrim 40 built. I am getting to know it by examining her from stem to stern. I like what I see so far! I actually think that I really bought a sailboat that they forgot to put the full length mast on! Which is just fine with me. I'm getting a little too old to fool with all those silly ropes and bed sheets every time I want to go somewhere anyway! Just hit that starter button and let that Westerbeke purr along as I sit warm and dry in the pilothouse with a coffee and chart plotter to keep me company! No more cries of "REEF THE MAIN!" and stumbling around on a tilting deck in the rain. Now it will be "Hey Babe, can you make me a sandwich and bring me a nice cold beer!" while listening to some Bach. I am going to keep a little rag bagger experience though with my little Trinka dinghy. Looking forward to many smooth miles cruising the protected waters of Florida and then up the ICW to New England next summer. This is a great Forum! Glad to be a part of it!
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