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Lexington - Captain Bob: Tribute to Caverun Sail Association and Al Lawton 3/1/17



So I am out here in the ocean ghosting along headed towards the South Pacific Islands. How did I get here?
A friend introduced me to Al Lawton and Caverun Sailing Association. I have not calculated how much that has cost me to date but I wish I could deduct it as a loss. Al and many of the members were extremely welcoming to me into the sailing community. I went on a group trip to Chesapeake Bay as an introduction to sailing and it has been down hill since. I read a book on cruising which stated that to be successful you needed a good wife to go with you and to start before you are 60 years old. I do not have a good wife that will go with me because of severe sea sickness but she was good about me buying a boat which is one of her many mistakes involving me. I bought a boat before I turned 60.
Al was nice enough to invite me to help him bring his boat back from Maine at the end of his trip to Nova Scotia. We were waiting for a weather window. Looking for something to do, I decided to look at the Morris boats in their brokerage. I will bet a dollar that they thought they had a real country bumpkin tire Kicker when I showed up to look at their boats.
I looked at three 38 foot boats and two 46 foot boats. Since I did not know enough to be in love with a boat it made the process a little easier. I evaluated the boats individually. I then made an offer on all five at once. In the standard contract there is a place to put in all you stipulations as a buyer. I put the following:
1. No counter offers will be accepted
2. No additional offers will be made for any boat for 6 months
3. The first owner to accept my offer gets the offer and voids all other offers
I had a deal with in a few hours and it has been down hill since. I did follow up on the other boat which all ended up selling for more than I bought mine for and three of the four were the same age.
Some day I plan on getting even with Al Lawton. It will have to wait till I get back. By that time I will calculate his cost to me.
Here is hoping you all are well and happy
Bob


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