How it all began

A little over a year ago (Summer 2007), one of my buddy's at work asked me if I wanted to buy a 21' cal retractable-keel trailer-able sailboat. Ok, a little about me. I love the ocean. My biggest desire in life is to own a boat. Unfortunately, we aren't rich. We aren't poor, but we aren't rich. $200 later, I was the owner of a 1973 cal 21' swing keel sailboat. (Hull # to be determined). JJ (thanks JJ) and I risked fines and death by trailering the boat over 25 miles back to my back yard, unregistered, with non-functional brakelights, etc.

This is the story of the refit of my first sailboat. Though I have been working on the boat for some time, this is the first day of the blog. I'll try to provide some useful tips for those who are interested in this kind of thing.

Feel free to donate advice. I need it.

Wes