Daria is gone

Daria has been sold.

We put her in the water on Friday, and her Yamaha 9.9 outboard started up right off.

On Saturday we delivered her to New Rochelle, where the new owners will be mooring her. The weather report promised a beautiful sailing day. Instead, we motored into strong winds right on her nose the whole way, three foot seas, a couple of nauseous women and finally a really hard sounding grounding on the rocks just outside of Echo Harbor.

When we pulled into the slip and stepped off of Daria, they looked as white as a ghost, and I'm not sure they are ever going back out on her again.

At least this is not Honey-Trout

I took the dink out to the mooring where Honey-Trout is on City Island, and came across this:



The different between comedy and tragedy is ... well, you know.
Honey-Trout's engine may be dead, but at least she is in better shape than this boat.

"Honey-Trout"

Bill:
One of the things I thought about on the way to City Island to buy the boat was that I would finally get to ask the owners "what in the world does "Honey-Trout" mean?"

Kathrin said "I have no idea. That's what the name was when we got her.
And I'll tell you, it hasn't exactly been a selling point."

Daria was a good boat, for starter sailors.

Theo:
Daria was a good boat, for starter sailors. Its small but its easy to get used to. She is sort of broken but is nice to sleep in at night. Daria can smell really moldy but the smell is easily gotten used too. the most its gone is about 8 knots. We are selling it so you might want to buy it, if you haven't sailed or are a bad sailor its a really good boat to buy.

Theo Moree
Age Ten

What have we done?!?!?!?

Belinda:

We bought her. Yes, we are now the proud owners of "Honey Trout," a 1974 O'Day 32. Yes, yes, I know a 32' sounds small for a family of 3 to live aboard. She needs a lot of TLC and some engine work, but she's a solid boat with a ketch rig. I'm beginning to think Bill and I are a little crazy...

Yesterday was a beautiful day and we spent most of it showing "Daria" to prospective buyers (I think we have some interest). Then we got a call from "the guy" we've been trying to call for weeks. Our friend Jay introduced us to a 1974 O'Day 32' that has a center cockpit and two cabins for sleeping.

We bought her from a family of 3 who lived on her for 2-3 years until they moved up to a 41'. We're still looking for a 42-46' but I'm so relieved that we have a place to live when our lease expires July 1.

This morning, I was waking up in our sun drenched bedroom feeling a bit sad to be leaving our beautiful apartment. Then I thought, wait, in July you're going to wake up and have ocean front property. I'll be able to stick my head out of the hatch, smell the salt air and feel the warm sun on my skin. What could be better?

Now comes the fun part. We need to tinker with the engine, pull her out for a short haul, paint the bottom, and then start cleaning up the inside and making her our home.

And, where will we live? Well, I guess you can't figure everything out in one day... 

Brochures for the S25, circa 1979

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Finally listed Daria for sale

We made the decision to sell Daria a month ago. And then we did absolutely nothing about it, dragged my heels for several weeks. Changed my mine several times, and back again.

Well, we finally listed Daria up for sale, for sail:
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25' Sailboat, excellent condition, family fun - $2500 (College Point)
Date: 2009-04-22, 9:55AM EDT

Seidelmann S25 sailboat for sale
Its an excellent sailboat, fast, a nice cruiser/club racer, easy to sail.

Our family has sailed her these past three seasons, and we have spent almost every weekend on her, and several extended trips.
As a day sailer, we've taken up to eight people out.
We have done a lot of work on her, and she is great shape.

We have three foresails included with the boat:
a standard jib,
a larger jib about 120 or 130%,
and a really great, large, very fast genoa. This sail keeps us moving in the lightest of breezes, which is very typical on the Long Island Sound in July.
and also includes two mainsails.

Includes a Yamaha 9.9 4-stroke engine, lifting motor mount,
swim ladder, sail cover, bumpers, everything that you need. Even life jackets.
Brand new interior cushions (never used yet!), of new foam and new Sunbrella cloth.

Its on the hard in College Point, Queens, ready to go back in the water.
The annual costs to own this sailboat for us has been about $2000 per year. This covers summer mooring at our small yacht club here in New York City (or on a mooring in Oyster Bay) with easy access to Long Island Sound, and winter haulout. DMV registration and annual tuneup of the Yamaha for $150.
That's all it costs to own your own sailboat in New York City or Long Island Sound. If you want, we can help set you up with everything that you need to know.

We have spent more on renovating and improving her over the last three years than we are asking for her.
But we have decided to look for a much larger boat to live aboard, and so Daria will have to find a new home.
She is the perfect first boat for a beginner or intermediate sailor. Simple to understand and operate, but very capable and brisk sailing. Inexpensive to maintain, very manageable.

Asking $2500, negotiable.
Please let me know if you may be interested.

A mooring is also available for her.
* Location: College Point