Fall is here.  The Chesapeake Bay has had some glorious weather! But I have been busy with work.  On a recent Sunday I was working on Annapolis.  When I had a couple hours to waste I drove down to Mayo MD to have a first hand look at a Catalina 27 being offered.  The boat was in surprisingly good shape.  It only had a few "MUST" do things to be ready for another sailing season.  One major item is replacement of one of the bulkheads that support the chainplates.  And the other is to replace the delaminating tiller.  Both important, but neither is a deal breaker or difficult.  I was pleased with the room below, wow standing headroom!  My beloved Seafarer while a good sailing boat lacks standing headroom.  So an upgrade to a Catalina 27 would mean some weekend crusing we have missed.

So, I talked to the broker manager, Greg, and he told me that now that Fall was here the boat was likly to be there over the winter.  I am looking of purchasing in late winter/early spring.  That's good news, I can move forward with my plans.  The boat is reasonably priced and think unless something else comes along or unless someone else comes along I will end up with this boat.  She has all the features I want.  Seperate head, standing headroom, tradiotional cabin layout (not dinette) and has an outboard.  OK, I know outboards are not as powerful a inboards but in my searching for a boat I have seen too many with engine problems.  The outboard would be eaiser to maintain or replace.

The Annapolis boat show is coming soon, and I will go look at the xpensive boats but also I will see what replacement items can locate.  I am excited.  While not new, it will be new to me.  More as the situation cahnges.