Time for us to upgrade

When we started all of this sailing we were so excited to get our boat. She has been awesome and has sailed well. We have upgraded and fixed so many things. She is exactly the way that we needed her and she has done a fantastic job of taking care of us. She is a strong boat. We had decided thatwe would upgrade in about 4 years and then again in 6 years. The 6 year mark would be our exit strategy when we quit our jobs, sell everything and go live on a boat.

After our sail in the Bahamas we decided that New Girl was great for us on Flathead lake for a weekend sail. But taking her for extended periods of time was hard. The items that we were missing and we wish that we had were double sinks, refrigeration, a head with a door for privacy, an inboard engine for ocean crossings, a bed that we could sleep together in, and something just a little taller in the cabin for Mark.

With this wish list in mind we started our search for a boat that would fit the bill. We love our Catalina. We have a friend who has the Catalina 320  and we toured his boat. It was exactly what we were looking for. It had all of the items on our list and more.


Internet shopping is so incredible. You are able to go all over the world and shop for a boat with out even leaving your living room couch.  The boat that we found is in Ft. Lauderdale. We asked lots of questions and made sure everything was to our liking. Mark contacted one of the forums that he reads and asked if someone would be willing to go take a look at the boat for us just to make sure that everything was true to what was listed. A guy over there said that he would be glad to check it out for us. After he did a walk through he emailed Mark back with what he saw. We made our offer, they countered, we countered and we  came up with a price that was an incredible deal for us. We then hired a surveyor to do the inspection and it came out pretty well. There are a few things that we will have to fix but that is to be expected with a pre-owned boat. It is the same make as New Girl but 5' longer and about 3' wider. What a difference that makes for the boat size over all and the livability.

We did a search on the internet about the history of the boat and found that it has had 2 owners. The first owner had it named Lanai. Below is the pronunciation and the name meaning.

Lanai

Island in Hawaii

Lānaʻi  is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is also known as Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation.

 Pronunciation and 2nd meaning        also pronounced La nah ee.

 

The boat is now named Endurance. I am not thrilled with this name and would love to return it's given name. What are your thoughts?

 

We are super excited for this change! We are going to be headed to Ft. Lauderdale at the end of December for a couple of weeks for our maiden voyage to the Keys. We will let you know how it all goes and send lots of pictures of the new boat.

Here is a link to the video tour of the boat. Enjoy! The new boat!