“What”, you say? “You sold your boat”, you say? Well here is what happened.

We’ve had this boat since 2016 when we moved down here

The boat is now 20 years old. As many of you are boat owners (or car owners, or home owners, or owners of anything that is 20 years old), you know that the older something gets (including ourselves), the more parts wear out (knees, shoulders, hips, trim tabs, electronics), the more things need maintenance (drugs, vitamins, exercise, engine flushes, new zincs) and the more things break (hips, ankles, back, shrinking plumbing, toilets, bow thrusters). Well the boat was needing more and more preventative maintenance. Unfortunately, as they didn’t make many of these types of boats, parts are not very easy to find and SUPER expensive.

Lets not forget that there is not much room to work

and it requires a younger man that is built like a monkey with long arms. Which Gary is not anymore. And some of the major items that were next on the agenda to fix would require the boat to be pulled so the engine could be pulled, and then hoping the monkey that worked on it when we first got it was still there.

So…………we put a few ads on the internet in May. Facebook Market Place, Craigslist and the Albin Boat Owners Group. We received a few interested calls and a few people came out to see her but no takers. As we left for up North this summer, we cancelled all the ads but the Albin Owners Group. We were gone all summer and got back to Florida mid September on a Saturday. That Monday evening, Gary got a call from a guy in Solomons, Maryland. He had been to a Albin owners meet and decided that that was the boat for him. He had seen our ad on the Albin Owners Group and gave Gary a call. After a few questions and a bottom line price, the guy decided he wanted it! Don’t you want to come see it? Nope, you seem like an honest guy. Are you sure you don’t want to come see it? No, I’m sure. Well you’re not getting anything until the money has cleared our bank.

Well little miss doubting Thomas who doesn’t trust anyone, was having a very hard time believing someone would shell out money for something they had never even seen. Those pictures could be 15 years old! The motor could be blown! There could be hole in the hull! It could of sunk in the hurricane! We know what it is like to look at pictures of a boat on the internet, think, WOW, this could be the one, only to be disappointed when the boat turns out to be a piece of crap. Well, at least that isn’t the case in this situation, but still…..

I proceeded to type up a purchase agreement and a few other documents. The buyer kept wanting me to send him the “title” to the boat. I’d tell him, as soon as the money is in the bank, you’ll get the “title”. I sent him off the purchase agreement, he signed it and sent it back. He then asked for pictures of the boat from today. Ok, the guy has some smarts. That was on Tuesday. So I sent him the wiring instructions and pictures of the boat.

By Wednesday noon, we had the money in our bank! Holy hoot! This is really happening. I next day aired him the “title” to the boat, some other perinate information and a key to the boat.

Gary, being the guy that he is, couldn’t hand over a dirty boat, so he washed it on Thursday. He also threw in some extra stuff. The back canvases, boat manuals, his maintenance log and he even thru in these

Anyone know what these are and what they are for? Gary is always thinking out side of the box. These are the bottoms of Metamucil containers. He cut them so that they would fit over the red and green running lights. It kept them from fading out in the intense Florida sun. What a thinker, huh?

Friday morning came and Gary delivered the boat to Marine Max to a transport for delivery to Maryland

And we left her in capable hands.

The new guy was so excited to have the boat. He sent us a bunch of pictures

And by Monday, it had arrived at it’s new home.

We hope he enjoys her as much as we did. Now we are on the search for a new boat and new adventures.