Re: Rides for POs (was Project "MoonShadow") [Mike]

Mike wrote about his promise: "I hope to have a 2006 Cal 40 in another 2-3 months, once our hull-deck joint project is finished. That should just about fall on the second anniversary of purchase. I promised the seller, who was 87 at the time, that we would take him sailing when we finally finished. I still hope to do so." We had the opportunity to take the previous owner of Pentaquod out for an afternoon sail a few years ago. He enjoyed himself thoroughly, though we soon came to understand that he was coping with some serious memory loss. He asked "when was this boat built?" just about every few minutes the entire afternoon. I'm not even sure if he recognized it as his own, and he certainly couldn't appreciate the changes we had made. That aspect was a little sad, but he clearly loved being out on the boat on a sunny fall afternoon, and his wife appreciated an afternoon off, so on balance, we felt that we had done a good thing. Alfred Poor 1969 Cal 29 #132, "Pentaquod"

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Alfred Poor" <apoor@...> wrote: > > Mike wrote about his promise: > > > > "I hope to have a 2006 Cal 40 in another 2-3 months, once our hull-deck > > joint project is finished. That should just about fall on the second > > anniversary of purchase. I promised the seller, who was 87 at the > > time, that we would take him sailing when we finally finished. I still > > hope to do so." > > > > We had the opportunity to take the previous owner of Pentaquod out for an > afternoon sail a few years ago. He enjoyed himself thoroughly, though we > soon came to understand that he was coping with some serious memory loss. He > asked "when was this boat built?" just about every few minutes the entire > afternoon. I'm not even sure if he recognized it as his own, and he > certainly couldn't appreciate the changes we had made. The PO of our boat was pretty sharp although his recollections were tinged a bit with wishful thinking. He said the boat was ready to go to Catalina the next weekend and told us that his wife wouldn't go out with him anymore, so he was selling. We found the sails rotted and the winches all frozen. It had clearly not been off the mooring for several years. More accurately, he told us that he liked to go out to the boat on the BYC shoreboat and just sit aboard and play his ukelele. I'm sure that part was true. He hated to part with it. I thought we'd be finished by the following summer but severely underestimated the job and the cost. Getting close though. We basically took all mechanicals and threw them away or donated them. He had a huge number of old sails and a few were worth keeping. The rest got donated. Inside it's looking pretty good and the toe rail project is the last big one. Then, of course, come racing sails but I'll hide under the covers a bit before I contemplate that. Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96

Mike, Fin, et al., There is a Cal 40 online for sale for $33,000.00. It is a 1965, but it looks like she's located back east. Question is, have you guys checked this boat out already online, and how does the asking price sound based on what is stated on the web site below? Cal 40 here: http://www.freewebs.com/cal40/ I can dream a bit, can't I? Bruce