So it begins
2009-11-06 I've been looking at boat ads in Seattle's CraigsList for about half a year now, and the lesson is... don't sweat it - there's another one out there. You can buy a different pocket cruiser pretty much everyday of the week if you're so inclined, so be circumspect. Ripple is the first counter example in my price range. It was love at first sight, and second sight as well. This is an uncommon sailboat. Ripple is a jewel built in 1993 by the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in Port Townsend, WA. She has clearly been cared for lovingly in her 16 years afloat. Her previous owner donated her to the Center for Wooden Boats , sale to benefit the CWB's programs. I wrote a deposit check for her today, and will sail her, weather permitting, tomorrow. Her interior is compact, without the luxury of standing headroom, but replete with bronze, opening port-lights, a hatch prism, V-berth and settee berth, and a galley that is capacious in propor...