Miss Sadie

After many months looking for a larger sailboat I found a 1978 Watkins 27.  I talked to the owner a couple of time via text on the phone. We made arrangements to met Saturday Feb 16, 2013. She was not quite as nice as he had stated and needed a lot of TLC mostly cleaning. She had some very nasty carpet that was glued down.

I had gotten him down on the price so all the electronics were removed along with other stuff. I felt the price was good. Charlie did his inspection of the decks, standing and running rigging. We took her out for a little motoring to check the motor and steering out.

No deal killers so we are now a two boat owner. Miss Froggy our beloved Starwind 22 will go up for sale. I will not give her away. There has been a lot of love put into her.

Out plan is to sail Lady Sadie from Clearlake to Port Lavaca on Saturday Feb. 23rd. Charlie and James will crew for me. Lisa will stay at home this time.

Here are a couple of photos that I took on the 16th. I wanted more but as always the batteries died. Charlie is standing on the dock.

We are going to change her name. We can't remember her name now and its in French. From now on she will be called Lady Sadie. Sadie has special meaning to Lisa. Sadie was her grandmothers name.

                                          Charlie Jones