Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Sailboats a.k.a. Channel Jammers


Not sure if Nautics has ever posted an entry concerning sailboats or not . . . Once you get on a sailboat, and the sails are up and the wind is right, sailing is awesome. However, the paying and caring side of sailing requires a love of sailing that is reminiscent of my love for Guiness Beer and friendly dogs. However, Barton & Gray (my employer) is looking to add a daysailer to the fractional yacht fleet and offering and we saw some down in RI at the Newport Internation Boat Show. Outside of the rain and the mild hangovers, we looked seriously at the following boats:

Hinckley Day Sailor

Friendship 40

Morris 42

All of which we really like and look forward to learning more about. But I look forward to racing past the sailboats in our motorboats, nice and dry and laughing.