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That ship…

July 15, 2016 in Flotsam and Jetsam | 2 comments

Photo by Andy Dawson Reid
“The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.”

Guy Lafleur

To all those gentle readers who were way too polite to enquire just why I had suddenly taken to posting the lyrics to songs by mid 80s Glaswegian ‘Big Music’ bands (ignoring the fact that you were probably not the slightest bit interested!) – here is your answer:

…after a year of living on these glittering shores I have finally purchased a boat! Here she is…

For those who like to know these things she is a 20ft Double Eagle Sedan built in 1978. She has a Volvo Penta 350 5.7 litre V8 inboard motor and an 8HP Yamaha kicker. She’s no spring chicken but the Kickass Canada Girl and I both recognised her immediately as the boat for us. She was pretty thoroughly checked out – a marine survey and a mechanical inspection – and she is now up at SeaPower Marine in Sidney having some bits and pieces tidied up before we put her in the water for a sea trial.

Most exciting!

The Girl was very keen that she be called ‘Boaty McBoatface‘ – in honour of the splendid(!) eccentricities of the British peoples – but she was out-voted and the ship will indeed be called ‘Dignity‘.

God bless all who sail in her.

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  1. Arthur Cox’s avatar

    Arthur Cox on July 16, 2016 at 02:09

    I was going to write “Happy Sailing” but then realised that your new boat does not have sails. Anyway, happy boating to you.
    Arthur Cox

  2. admin’s avatar

    admin on July 17, 2016 at 17:59

    Hello Arthur

    Thank you for your comment.

    I like sailing and in many ways I would have liked a sailboat. However, whereas running even an old boat that will be relatively lightly used is quite expensive, by far the most costly part of boating is keeping a vessel on the water. As a result ours will be trailered and taken to the boat launch each time we want to take her out for the day. For a sailboat that would restrict how far we could go on any trip. With the power boat we can cover much of the southern end of the Gulf Islands without too much difficulty.

    Like most things – a compromise…

    Best regards

    Andy

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