Sea Stepping: The Boat

Saturday, September 6, 2008

The Boat

The boat I have been making my way down the eastern coast of the US in is the lovely Cassandra. She's a 1979 O'day 25 built by Bangor Punta Marine. I bought her off of the third owner. Among all the paperwork I got along with the boat were the original sales literature and receipts. The boat lived it's entire life on the pleasant Finger Lakes, specifically Keuka Lake. She has now taken me more than 2500 nautical miles, and should have many more yet to come.

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"The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

And in I went, floating, rolling, splashing, swimming, and the sea called, Come out, come out, and further I went but always it swept me back to shore.

And still the sea called, Come out, come out, and in boats I went'in rowboats and dinghies and motorboats, and after I learned to sail, I flew over the water, with only the sounds of the wind and the water and the birds, all of them calling, Sail on, sail on." -First Chapter of The Wanderer

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowline. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain

"Without the element of uncertainty and even danger... there is no adventure." -John Wright (PDRacer forums)

"You must then know the sea, and know that you know it, and not forget that it is made to be sailed over." -Joshua Slocum