I bought another boat on Friday, a Sabre dinghy. Faced with any decision point it is always possible to find some maxim or quotation that supports whatever you wanted to do in the first place. Didn't Wallis Simpson say you can never be too rich or have too many boats? And William Blake wisely observed that you never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough. I suspect with this boat I am getting close to enough.
A small fleet of Sabres sails out of AYC on Saturdays during the season. Hopefully I will be able to keep in touch and learn something. Even if I only hold onto the boat for a few seasons it should be worth it.
Bob, the previous owner, very kindly delivered the boat yesterday and showed me how to rig it, which was just as well as it would have been a major iq test otherwise. The boat was modesstly priced and seems in not bad nick. I bought it with money received from selling my sea kayak, so arguably the number of boats has stayed constant.
The colour scheme is not one I would have chosen, but it is growing on me, and it will be easy for the recue boat to spot.
After lunch I walked the boat on its beach trolley down to the club and after a lot of fiddling I managed to get it onto the upper level rack. Hopefully I can obtain a middle level or ground level spot before too long.
I will replace the sidestays and forestay, sand and repaint the foils, and get the trolley some new closed cell foam for the bunks. Luckily the weather is atrocious for the coming week so with luck I should have it in shape and ready to go when some nice sailing weather comes around.
Ozzie doesn't seem too unhappy to be snugged up on the bed rather than heading out sailing.
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