Well...we took the BIG plunge...

[MattK]

Very nice boat Bill. Congrats.
My uncle lives on his sail boat down in Kemah.
I think at the Marina Del Sol.

[erikharrison]

You guys forgot the BEST PART, it has satellite !!!! Just kidding! Looks like someone is going to be having a ton of fun! I am going to send you a patch so you can yell ARGGGGGG AVAST YEEE MATIES and such at Halloween.

[Bill S]

LOL, Erik. Yup, "follow me" satellite. As long as it isn't rolling too much, it works great.

As for the pirate stuff... We belong to a worldwide sailing fraternaty. If anyone has seen the King William Fiesta parade in the past few years... We ARE the pirate ship float! ARRRGGGG!

[caferacermike]

How you gonna keep water in your tanks on that thing? At least water changes will be quick and easy.

I'm extremely jealous. A friends Dad had a 30' sail he used to let us float during summer vacations away from Highschool out on Lake Michigan as Yoots. After I moved away he bought a 42' wood sail... I never got a chance to see it.

[blueboy]

ooh, wooden boats, now we're talking. i helped a guy up in Seward alaska doing some work on an old wooden boat. it was actually the first boat to circumnavigate the earth, with a solo woman at the healm. it needed alot of work to be seaworthy again, but so worth it. a beutifull one piece oak mast, awesome woodwork on the interior, heavy brass portholes, a fine antique boat!

[LoneStar]

Makes me want to rent Captian Ron!

[Bill S]

We LOVE Captain Ron! I hope it's not quite THAT big a money pit.

Wooden boats - I owned one MANY years ago... Never again. This one is FULL of wood - on the inside. But NONE on the outside: