First boat and the only new boat I have ever owned. A Catalina 27, purchased from Wells Yachts in 1975 for $15, 208. I named her Tilikum, which is what my grandfather’s boat in Germany was named. I kept her at the Jubilee Yacht Club in Beverly, Massachusetts and sailed her all over Massachusetts and Rhode Island. I sold her in 1978 when I left for what was to be a circumnavigation on the yacht Taormina.
Island Packet 40
A 1997 Island Packet 40 was my 2nd boat. Purchased in 2007 and berthed at Pikes Bay Marina in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Tilikum II was a beautiful, comfortable cruiser who made lots of trips to the Apostle Islands, Grand Marais and the south shore of Lake Superior. She was sold in 2013 and I delivered her to her new owner in Escanaba, Michigan.
Hallberg Rassy 53
My next boat was a Hallberg Rassy 53, Neptune, purchased in 2010 with the intention of a circumnavigation. Alas, the marriage unraveled and she was sold two years later. But what a beauty! She was berthed at the Burr Brothers Marina in Marion, MA.In the spring of 2019, Doug Fincham, my partner, bought a Precision 21, a pocket cruiser,. to replace a ski boat that was blown off of its lift and into the middle of Lake Frances in Elysian, MN during a tornado in 2018. I promise you, I had nothing to do with that tornado. Despite her admirable stability, she was given the name Tippy by the 4 granddaughters and nieces who are becoming sailors. The current boat is a lovely little 2015 Sisu 22 for my new life on Vinalhaven, an island in Penobscot Bay in the Gulf of Maine. She is powered by a 2016 Evinrude E-Tec 115. We use her as a cruiser, transporter and lobster boat. A versatile and seaworthy little motorboat.
