Max's first Money Pit

I have never really blogged before, but I thought that buying a boat was a bloggable event, so here I go. I flew down to San Diego about a week ago where I bought a boat. I picked her up from the marina she was in, single handed her up to a boat yard and watched as she was pulled out of the water. Over the past week I have had her buffed, painted, poked and prodded and eventually renamed. 

Now she is sitting in the water, looking better than I expected, waiting for our trip up the coast. We are just waiting on a part from the local Volvo engine dealer, and as soon as we get that installed, we are outta here.

 Since I have been down here I have learned a couple of things. Boats are damn expensive. Don't say you coulda told me that, I knew what I was getting into, but shit man, knowing and experiencing are very different things. 

If anyone ever needs to buy a boat, sell a boat, ask a question about a boat and you are in California, call yachtfinders, ask for Clark, he is awesome, seriously he made me feel more welcome than I could have ever imagined. I got to go race with him on a Soverel 33 and we destroyed the start. We did a pin end port start and gassed the entire fleet. If you don't sail, all you need to know is that we finished a good four to five minutes in front of everyone else. 

There is a crazy woman from Santa Cruz, I think she wants to have my babies. Not only does she have a daughter my age, but she enjoys fist fights, drinking to excess, and sleeping with everyone that comes through the boat yard. All of the yard guys warned me to lock my boat up every time I stepped off it unless I wanted to find her in my bed... 

In other news Jon, my skipper from Santa Cruz, has a son down here who has been awesome. He has totally been taking care of me, tomorrow we are going sailing on his boat. Really awesome guy, its been a lot of fun hanging out with him. 

I suppose thats about all I have for now, later