Blog Entry # 5
A 1979 Pacific Seacraft Flicka
Over the years I’ve sold all my sailboats due to various reasons, including kids tuition, health and age. Now in preparation for my attempt to solo sail all five Great Lakes in a single season I needed to find a seaworthy used boat.
Given I’m living on a pension, in addition to its seaworthiness my priorities in choosing a boat where cost, ease to sail, draft, accommodations and condition. Without going into the details, I finally settled on purchasing a 1979 Pacific Seacraft (Never Too Late) located in Grand Marais, Minnesota. It has a full keel, 20′ deck, 8′ beam and 3′ 3″ draft. It was a freshwater only boat with a hull and Yanmar diesel in good conditions. Everything else was either not there, needed replacement or repair including the trailer. I eventually rented a u-haul and trailered her home in November, 2017. In the spring of 2018 I took her out of storage and docked her for the summer at JBM on Lake St. Clair. My work on the boat began that summer….
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