July 2008 - Purchase
25 March 2009 | near Annapolis, MD
July 2008.
We have been corresponding with the PO for about two months. We sold our previous boat and our previous house on the same day in May. Our move in date for the Town House was July 15th. The week after we drove 1400 km to the boat and saw her for the first time.
Between selling our old boat and driving down, Nick and Christine went and checked her over for us. They took many photos, sent them to em and said "Yes - definitely worth a look"
Hmmm - quite a boat. Needs lots of TLC, needs a few bits and pieces, but all in all - had a workable survey. We have more time and elbow grease than we have cold hard cash.
Within a week we had made an offer, had a counter offer, made another offer, had a survey and settled on a price.
Now we own a 1980 Irwin Citation 34!
Our biggest and newest boat yet.
Next was a mad dash back and forth to mother-in-law's (mil) place (2 hours away) to off-load anything we did not want over winter on the boat.
Within a few days we had the boat pretty much cleared and it was time to drive back to Canada.
Back home and now all we have is memories and the 100 or so photos I took as well.
BTW - I think it was the five hottest days of 2008 when we were working on it.