Hippocampus
Guru
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2020
- Messages
- 4,189
- Location
- Plymouth
- Vessel Name
- Hippocampus
- Vessel Make
- Nordic Tug 42
Hi folks
Today I get my wire transfer completing the sale of my NT42. I owned her for the briefest time I ever owned a boat. Spent 3 1/2 years putting love and money in her redoing the engine, new floor of Amtico, refinishing interior wood, redoing boat deck, replacing electronics, and generally spiffing her up. We did spend our time with her full time cruising up and down the eastern seaboard so she got more engine hours in the last three than the prior ten.
But the admiral said she’s had enough. The bride gave me a decade before the NT internationally cruising so she’s put in her time. She’s spent way more time on a boat than land for the last twenty years. And before that regional seasonal cruising. Now she wants to enjoy local friends and our families. She wants to fly to the destination not sail when we travel.
So we are downsizing yet again. Blue water international to coastal domestic. Now coastal domestic to local seasonal. I went with a new Edgewater center console. It has 500hp on the back, all the electronics you can think of and a joy stick. Whereas a boat was always occupying my time or was in my mind now it will be defined activity. It comes off a rack on a phone call. I go fishing for a day and it goes back on a rack. Other than flushing the engines and giving it a rinse I’m going to be a credit card captain for the first time in my life.
I’ve very much enjoyed my time here. The support and wisdom some display. Some are argumentative, some arrogant but the vast majority very good souls. I might stop in time to time but just wanted to give a heart felt thank you
Today I get my wire transfer completing the sale of my NT42. I owned her for the briefest time I ever owned a boat. Spent 3 1/2 years putting love and money in her redoing the engine, new floor of Amtico, refinishing interior wood, redoing boat deck, replacing electronics, and generally spiffing her up. We did spend our time with her full time cruising up and down the eastern seaboard so she got more engine hours in the last three than the prior ten.
But the admiral said she’s had enough. The bride gave me a decade before the NT internationally cruising so she’s put in her time. She’s spent way more time on a boat than land for the last twenty years. And before that regional seasonal cruising. Now she wants to enjoy local friends and our families. She wants to fly to the destination not sail when we travel.
So we are downsizing yet again. Blue water international to coastal domestic. Now coastal domestic to local seasonal. I went with a new Edgewater center console. It has 500hp on the back, all the electronics you can think of and a joy stick. Whereas a boat was always occupying my time or was in my mind now it will be defined activity. It comes off a rack on a phone call. I go fishing for a day and it goes back on a rack. Other than flushing the engines and giving it a rinse I’m going to be a credit card captain for the first time in my life.
I’ve very much enjoyed my time here. The support and wisdom some display. Some are argumentative, some arrogant but the vast majority very good souls. I might stop in time to time but just wanted to give a heart felt thank you