We had been interested in sailing since we first looked at Chrysler sailboats at a dealer back around 1975. Lack of funds, followed by lack of time and eventually raising a family put the thought of learning to sail on hold for a number of years. It wasn't until 2003 that we seriously considered it again. Before we had even taken any type of lessons we bought a 1980 17-ft. Siren.
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| From Past Boats |
We took sailing lessons at Alum Creek Lake near Columbus, Ohio in the late spring of 2004 and sailed the Siren through out that summer. We even took it on a road trip to Canada to meet up with other Siren owners in the city where these were originally built - Owen Sound, Ontario. We still have the Siren in storage (haven't been able to part with it) and get it out to a lake on occasion.
By late in 2004 we knew we would want a larger boat and saw this 1986 Catalina 22 on a dealer lot in Toledo. Here the boat, kameloon, is at our first dock at the St. Mary's Boat Club - ready for a night aboard with the pop-top up and the canvas cover installed for additional headroom...
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We sailed the 22 in 2005 and 2006 when we decided to move up in size again (three-foot-itis). This time we wanted to track down a late '80s Catalina 25 - which would be about as big as we could get and still be able to trailer.
Evenstar is a 1989 wing keel/tall rig purchased in the fall of 2006. We found her in a mountain lake in Virginia. We had a custom trailer built in Toledo and hoisted her onto the trailer for the trip back to Ohio.
Our home port is Catawba Island on Lake Erie.
-David
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| From Evenstar |
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