{"id":719,"date":"2022-01-05T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/?p=719"},"modified":"2022-01-05T11:37:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:37:02","slug":"i-bought-a-sailboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/?p=719","title":{"rendered":"I bought a sailboat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It happened sooner than I expected, but during December I bought a sailboat. Currently still named <em>Eleven<\/em> until I decide on a new name, she&#8217;s a 2008 Catalina 42 mkII in stunning condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_195806980-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"View from inside the cockpit\" class=\"wp-image-720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_195806980-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_195806980-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_195806980-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_195806980-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_195806980-816x614.jpg 816w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_195806980.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, January 1st, my partner, three good friends, and I sailed her (or, more precisely, motorsailed) from the previous owner&#8217;s slip in Tacoma up a slip I secured in Seattle, not far from where I live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_184540897-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Friend up on the bow of the boat with snowy decks as we leave Tacoma, with a Washington State Ferry off the port bow\" class=\"wp-image-722\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_184540897-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_184540897-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_184540897-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_184540897-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_184540897-816x459.jpg 816w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_184540897.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She&#8217;s been kept immaculate, so there are only a few things I need to do before going out (once the weather is nicer), but of course I&#8217;ll be doing plenty of DIY projects over the next two years, upgrading and maintaining things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, she&#8217;s snuggled into her slip, keeping warm and dry on the inside with the ITR Hydronic heating running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_235413253-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"My sailboat at a snowy dock.\" class=\"wp-image-721\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_235413253-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_235413253-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_235413253-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_235413253-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_235413253-752x999.jpg 752w, http:\/\/wing-on-wing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220101_235413253.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It happened sooner than I expected, but during December I bought a sailboat. 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