by Eric Aaland | Nov 5, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Photos, Tales of the Sail |
So here we are again, its Bob Perry corner once again. Only this time, rather than dreaming abut our future Bob Perry designed cruiser, we now own one! As of Wednesday, we are the proud owners of our latest true love, a 1976 Islander 28, Aurion. We are so excited we...
by Eric Aaland | May 28, 2010 | Boat de Jour |
Well, I’ve been bit by the Robert Perry designed sailboat bug yet again. This time it is a Baba 30 which has captured my imagination. Of course, it is a double-ender as well. I don’t know why, but those pointy sterns just make me think “safety at sea”, even though...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 24, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Maps, Photos |
I’m feeling a bit naked today. You see, we are once again boatless. Not to worry though, we are just having out bottom painted for the upcoming and much anticipated launching of our new to us Precision P-23, Bella. We are hopeful that next Saturday will be the “big...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 14, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Photos |
I took Bella out for a spin the other day. As you can see the lakes are really low this year! Hopefully we will get some rain soon. I am slowly making my way through my ever growing lists of things I need to do and/or inspect before splash day. Of course we have no...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 9, 2010 | Boat de Jour, How To, Tales of the Sail |
We set up our new sailboat, Bella, in the driveway last weekend to see how much fun it would be to raise the mast with the mast raising system built into the trailer of our new to us Precision 23. I must say it was relatively simple, but we did learn the hard way...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 7, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Photos |
So we enter a new chapter in our sailing life as we welcome a new member of the family to our home. Bella followed us home last week on Friday. We are very excited. Bella is a Precision 23 from Precision Boat Works. She adds 6 feet in length and 1.5 feet in width to...
