For many of us, owning just one boat has never been an option: We can’t stop daydreaming about other small-boat models that might be more efficient; better for camp-cruising, faster or otherwise more desirable than the craft in our driveway. The downside of serial boat trading is that we often let some great boats head down the road to new homes… and we later have regrets.
We recently asked SCA readers to share their stories of boats they loved, but sold or otherwise lost…and wish they had back. The ones that got away.
Here are some of their stories.—Eds
Two Got Away; One Came Back…
I have two stories of ones that got away, and one that came back. The first one was a beautiful Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 named Sampaguita that I lived on for six or eight years (depending on who you ask). I’d always dreamed of l iving aboard, and several times even shopped for boats that might work, but finances and timing hadn’t come together to make it happen. After seeing a Flicka in Ferenc Matè’s book, Best Sailboats to Build or Buy, I became obsessed with the design and thought it would be an ideal liveaboard for my needs. The Flicka is small, easy to singlehand, inexpensive to moor, with standing headroom— not only sturdily built, but in my eyes very beautiful.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January - February 2020 من Small Craft Advisor.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January - February 2020 من Small Craft Advisor.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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