A sailboat can only go into the wind at 60 Miles-per-hour if it has a Trailer!!
We read about a "garage sale" in Austin, TX that advertised lots of parts, trailers and boat stuff. Kathy's daughter and grand babies live north of Austin, so it sounded like a family based "road trip" that we could add a "parts search" for the boat, too.
Glad we drove the truck.....!
The story doesn't end with the successful purchase of a trailer for the boat. As I'm hooking the trailer to the truck, Kathy is asking about that "rolled up thing" over there....
The guy says, "it's a new kevlar mainsail for a Coronado 15". Hummm! That might work. He wants $600 (sells new for over a grand) I tell him our budget is $350 (kit price to sew it ourselves. I didn't tell him that!) He says since we also bought his trailer, he would do it. Best we could scrape together was $343 cash and he took it! SOLD! It's way too "high tech" for me, but I certainly couldn't argue with the price. Looks good in the tree with the mast we bought in Austin the last trip, too!
Kewl stuff IF you have a boat to put it on! Better get back to the Boat Barn.
da Pirate
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