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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
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not really, but I like the concept!
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Originally Posted by LWJ
I dig the trailer, the truck, the 964. I gotta say however. Dude, you got hosed paying 2K for that truck! You should see my sweet 91 3/4 Suburban I scored for 850 a few years ago. I don't even need rope to roll up the windows!
This made me smile. Beautiful boat. I am going to google it now.
Larry
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Ha! I think you guys have better access to cheap trucks in the US. Up here, I was looking at 4-5k for 98-02 trucks with extended cabs, 4x4 and AC. This one popped up at 4k... it was newer and had less mileage than most, but it was pretty beat, had no front brakes and it smelled like old laundry. I passed, they kept calling me back until I broke down and offered them 2k. Once I did the work it needed, it's been a fantastic truck. I'd drive it anywhere.
The boat is a mcvay minuet made in Nova Scotia. It's essentially a scaled down Bluenose sloop. After ww2, there was a "one design" racing class of wooden 23' bluenoses in Nova Scotia. They were fantastic boats, I used to have one. McVay made a fibergalss version that was very popular, but these 18' Minuets are just SWEET. They look so pretty, even sitting at the mooring. I paid $1200 for this one... I should really be ashamed of myself.
I bought it last fall, and almost didn't get it launched this summer. A little over a month ago, I mentioned to a friend that I hadn't gotten around to launching the boat this summer, and I'd never even sailed it since I bought it.
The following Monday, I get a call from him. Come get your boat, it's in the water. He'd taken the weekend to get it all rigged up, bottom painted and launched!
So I only had it in the water for about a month, and have gone from sailing until 8pm sunsets, to sailing until 7pm sunsets.
Best part is that my 4yr old daughter LOVES to go out with daddy!
I'd bet I sailed it maybe a dozen times in the past month, but every sail was at sunset, and just about every sail was with my daughter. Best sailing season ever.