I'm delighted to announce that I'm the new owner of a 1985 Ericson 32-III
And not just any E32.... Thelonious. A remarkable example, thoughtfully maintained and upgraded by her prior owner.
I confess to an interesting mix of emotions right now. Delight at being the new caretaker of this lovely boat. Relief that I didn't have to give up on my quest for an Ericson and "settle" for a CataBeneHunter. Exhaustion at the loooong week of work it took to get the boat taken apart and ready for loading on a truck. A tinge of sadness that my first act as her new owner was to take her apart and load her on a truck to a place far from her familiar SoCal waters. And, in candor, a bit of second-guessing. Not about the boat, but the name. I'd had a name pretty much picked out, but it occurs to me that Thelonious has a bit of provenance attached to her, and I'm pondering whether renaming her would feel as blasphemous as renaming, say, Windward Passage or Ticonderoga. Much to consider.
My heartfelt gratitude to Christian and his broker. They both went above and beyond in making this go as smoothly as it possibly could. There are a lot of moving parts in buying a boat from 1200 miles away, and they were both great to work with.
So now the boat is on the way. She left Marina del Rey about noon on Friday, and if the weather (and traffic) gods are feeling charitable she should arrive at the Everett Marina late this afternoon, and splash first thing Monday morning. I probably won't step the rig for a week or two - I figure as long as it is out of the boat I'll replace the coax and the mast lights, upgrade the VHF antenna, check the sheaves and exits, give the standing rigging a good going-over, and probably a few other things. And so it begins. I'm smiling as I type this - it is *so* nice to have boat-things-to-do to look forward to again! It's been far too long.
I'll probably start a blog later this week, too. While nowhere near the word-artist that Christian is, I'd kinda like to keep the story going. At the very least, I've learned a lot about choosing a trucking company and preparing a boat for a road trip. Maybe that will be useful/interesting to others, and we'll see where it goes from there.
In the meantime, big smile here. I have an Ericson!
Bruce
And not just any E32.... Thelonious. A remarkable example, thoughtfully maintained and upgraded by her prior owner.
I confess to an interesting mix of emotions right now. Delight at being the new caretaker of this lovely boat. Relief that I didn't have to give up on my quest for an Ericson and "settle" for a CataBeneHunter. Exhaustion at the loooong week of work it took to get the boat taken apart and ready for loading on a truck. A tinge of sadness that my first act as her new owner was to take her apart and load her on a truck to a place far from her familiar SoCal waters. And, in candor, a bit of second-guessing. Not about the boat, but the name. I'd had a name pretty much picked out, but it occurs to me that Thelonious has a bit of provenance attached to her, and I'm pondering whether renaming her would feel as blasphemous as renaming, say, Windward Passage or Ticonderoga. Much to consider.
My heartfelt gratitude to Christian and his broker. They both went above and beyond in making this go as smoothly as it possibly could. There are a lot of moving parts in buying a boat from 1200 miles away, and they were both great to work with.
So now the boat is on the way. She left Marina del Rey about noon on Friday, and if the weather (and traffic) gods are feeling charitable she should arrive at the Everett Marina late this afternoon, and splash first thing Monday morning. I probably won't step the rig for a week or two - I figure as long as it is out of the boat I'll replace the coax and the mast lights, upgrade the VHF antenna, check the sheaves and exits, give the standing rigging a good going-over, and probably a few other things. And so it begins. I'm smiling as I type this - it is *so* nice to have boat-things-to-do to look forward to again! It's been far too long.
I'll probably start a blog later this week, too. While nowhere near the word-artist that Christian is, I'd kinda like to keep the story going. At the very least, I've learned a lot about choosing a trucking company and preparing a boat for a road trip. Maybe that will be useful/interesting to others, and we'll see where it goes from there.
In the meantime, big smile here. I have an Ericson!
Bruce
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