Flash Poll: The One That Got Away
Do you regret selling that one?
We know the old saw about the “the two happiest days of a boat owner's life are the day they buy a boat and the day they sell it” but most of us have at least one sale we’d like to take back. How about you? Let us know what kind of boat it was in the comments below. —Eds
No regrets, but as a life long boater, I do not agree with the “two happiest” boater days concept. As chapters of life pass, a different mix of boats are appropriate. When the kids were younger having ski boats, performance Jr sailing boats, a family cruising (sail) boat , etc made sense to have in our family fleet. Now as sr citizen empty nester retirees, smaller simpler trailerable coastal gaff rigged cruising dinghy and larger comfortable trawler (diesels) with a small sailing dinghy on board make sense.
A Cape Dory Tuphoon, my first boat, and all the boat I really ever needed. I moved up to a Bristol 27, another Carl Alberg design and another great boat, but I really could have done it all 30 years of sailing in the Typhoon . Sometimes less is more.