Recent content by Lorih

Lots more to the story. We became pretty infamous as that southbound sailboat.. ...and I have quite a few pictures. I'd be happy to share our adventure. Can't wait for the next one!

Maybe all rivers stink. After 24 or so locks, garbage water in St loius, wingdams, 30 mph straight at us winds, barges, low bridges. ..muddy water, ..hope open water sailing.is better than motoring.rivers There were.some.nice things tho..loved when we could find a nice quiet place.to anchor...

We were called nuts. But what else do you do when you live in tn and buy a boat in northern Wisconsin? You bring her home. We learned an awful lot about wing dams. Current, anchoring, bridge heights and how much fun we can still have together. Neither of us would do it again but looking back it...

Mississippi River sucks Made it home..glad I went..but the mississippi is my least favorite river...yuk

Anyone sailed down the mississippi ? We are leaving pepin wisconsin next week to sail to ky lake any and all info appreciated

Boats Yes we did research and ruled out all the brands we did not want . We were having a very hard time finding a hand laid solid fiberglass hull, that would be able to accommodate all our grand girls and my husband and i, and that would be nice for just a couple when it's time. I wanted...

I do hope you find your girl. And I hope we have found ours. 1 of the difficulties we ran into is that there are very few in our area. We are not in a position to travel around all ends of the US to view boats. We were also looking in areas that would have access to the Inland river system. I...

Boat Sea bird would be a nice name for her. But I dont think we will change her name. Don't need to tee off any gods or anything. Thank you for this post. I hope we don't t need to come here for a ton of repair tips and rather can come to share adventure and fun but suspect it will be a bit...

Tired boats and people For the price they are asking there is enough wiggle room to upgrade. Even if we have to repower her we will have less into her than the vessels we see for sale. The one thing we are very pleased with is the upgraded keel and that the spot that shows compression under...

Survey? Not sure if I am.doing this right at all. Guess we will see

Boat She also needs bottom paint which we knew It seems the.slight cracking at keel is a common occurance on ericsons.I saw on here 1800 to repair? If it is holding fast does it need immediate repair Rebedding of port lights seems par for the course with old boats. I am curious what the...

Some questions I have for you guys. Aside from the fact we don't know much about motor, etc other than boat was checked on the hard with winter cover on, and engine and systems were not run what knowledge can you share with us on these issues Rudder good condition.has increased moisture...

U r right Thankyou. We went back and looked at the pic.WTH? And both boats pictured look better than the pics we received from the surveyor. Hubby is calling our broker now.honest mistake or purposely misleading? Survey write up coming this weekend. . I wasnt going to post until after the...

Still waiting.ugh Thankyou all for the replies public and private. I appreciate the encouragement We both have small power boat experience although it has been years. We have no sailboat experience . I am not concerned really about tbat.. Their is a marina a few hours from here that gives...

got some pics and written survey coming this afternoon. boat has definitely been neglected since the pictures. Sure someone is inaccurate with pictures only 1 yr old. Most of the stuff from pictures is from the fact she has been ignored and she is old. nothing that will stop us from moving...