Moving to the Dark Side

Serenity our 1989 Nauticat 33 has been too successful. After 4 months cruising the Bahamas and 7 months living aboard, we have decided we love the lifestyle. While Serenity has been great, she will never be large enough to provide the amenities we are looking for to continue the lifestyle, i.e., freezer, ice maker, better guest accommodations with head, etc. So, we have purchased a trawler, and placed Serenity on the market.

We made an offer on an offer on a 2005 DeFever 44+5 that was accepted. Now we are waiting on surveys and sea trial before we go to closing.

Unfortunately, one of the ugly truths about cruising is that while we love to sail, when you are cruising you just don’t get to do enough of it to justify the hassle of the sticks and the accommodations that go along with them.

Our immediate plans are to take Serenity to Wilmington, NC where we will have some work done, while I fly back to Ft. Lauderdale for the survey and sea trial. Pollie is planning on flying to Virginia to visit the youngest son. Then we will take Serenity on up to the Chesapeake. By then we will probably will have closed on the DeFever and will need to move it north in avoidance of hurricane season. Of course all of these plans are set in Jell-O.

While there are certain aspects of Serenity we will miss, we are looking forward to adventures on our new boat. And, with 49’ to deal with, we will always be looking for crew to help us.