Ahoy, This blog will chronicle the "new" life of the sailing Yacht Saoirse, (pronounced Sheer-sha and means "Freedom" in Gaelic). Saoirse is a 25' Catalina tall rig sloop built in 1988, her hull number is 5731.
We bought, or maybe rescued, Saoirse about five weeks ago. Saoirse's former name was "Simple Pleasures" and she has resided at Satterwhite Point Marina in Henderson, NC for the last several years. For one reason or another, she was virtually abandoned about two years ago; left at the slip with her hatches open. Needless to say, time and weather did a good bit of damage. When we first saw her she could have been a prop for a pirate movie and looked as if she had been scuttled. We saw the beauty beneath the crud, dirt and bird droppings and made the Marina an offer for her.
Twenty-four hours later Saoirse was already staring to look better, at least on the outside. We hauled 13 bags of trash from the cabin and cockpit, used about two gallons of boat cleaner on her decks and cockpit and things were looking up.