{"id":11445,"date":"2020-10-28T09:49:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=11445"},"modified":"2020-10-28T09:49:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:49:35","slug":"three-days-three-classics-and-pandoras-headed-to-the-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=11445","title":{"rendered":"Three days, three classics and Pandora’s headed to the hard."},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I wrote of Brenda’s and my last cruise but something that I didn’t mention is that we saw a beautiful classic schooner as well as two beautiful old Trumpy yachts, all within three days, three for three.<\/p>\n

As we headed down the CT river on our way to Sag Harbor, the beautiful Trumpy, Enticer, launched in 1935, one of the three “sightings”, passed us heading up the river.\u00a0 \u00a0I wish I had taken a photo of her.\u00a0 \u00a0She is a familiar site as we have passed her when underway many times over the years, when on the Intra Coastal Waterway, and once as we headed to Key Largo in the Hawk Channel, south of Miami.\u00a0 It’s always a real treat to see such a beautiful boat in top shape.<\/p>\n

In 2009 Brenda and I were able to tour Enticer.\u00a0 \u00a0 Unfortunately, we weren’t “official” guests, as she was on display and open to visitors at the Wooden Boat Show at Mystic Seaport.\u00a0 \u00a0At that time, I wrote about our time aboard<\/a>, not knowing that sometime later, years later, I’d again be aboard her, and this time as an official guest for “sundowners”.<\/p>\n

Being aboard Enticer as a guest was amazing while I was on the NY Yacht Club cruise last summer, a visit that even included “valet parking” for my dink.\u00a0 I was included as Pandora was invited to join the cruise as “tender” to a member’s boat that was participating as a racer.\u00a0 \u00a0 I wrote about that visit in a post.<\/a>\u00a0 She’s a beautiful boat and was being chartered by several NYYC members and came complete with a 12 meter that was tied up along side.\u00a0 Nice package deal…\"\"In 2015 she underwent yet another major restoration, although she looked pretty amazing when Brenda and I saw her years before that.\u00a0 Now she is better than ever.\u00a0 She has been “restored” a number of times, as is the case with all well maintained classic wooden yachts.\u00a0 Her prior restoration, in 2002 was done at the Brooklin Boat Yard<\/a> in Maine, known for doing some of the most magnificent rebuilds of classics as well as new builds in wood composite construction.<\/p>\n

Her glamor shot after emerging from the shop shop in Brooklin. \"\"Hankering to get out on her yourself?\u00a0 She is part of a program where, you can own a share as part of a fractional ownership plan.\u00a0 Wouldn’t it be fun to put your feet up in the salon after a long day on the water?\u00a0 “Garson, please fetch me a dram of rum.”\u00a0 No, no, that’s not up to snuf.\u00a0 “Garson, a Pims, if you will, and be snappy about it.”\"\"Too nice to stay inside?\u00a0 Not to worry, you can enjoy your Pims on the aft deck.\u00a0 And, it’s a nice place, trust me.\u00a0 Been there, done that.\u00a0 Although, for me, a G&T if I recall. \"\"Not up to your standards?\u00a0 How about Enticer’s sister ship, Freedom?\u00a0 A fractional program is available for her too for $350,000<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0And for that fee, you will bask in the glow of 5% ownership and 10 days of annual usage.\u00a0 Want to use her for a single day?\u00a0 That will set you back $4,800 plus provisions, fuel and crew gratuity.<\/p>\n

We saw Freedom when we were in Sag Harbor.\u00a0 \u00a0What a sight passing by at sunset. \"\"As you can imagine, buying, crewing and maintaining such a yacht is not for the faint of heart and a lot goes into keeping her up to snuff.\u00a0 However, with fractional ownership, you will never have to pick up a varnish brush.<\/p>\n

It takes a massive amount of work to keep a boat like Freedom in proper shape.\u00a0 Check out this video on her restoration.\u00a0 The video is about 5 minutes long and gives some very interesting history and what went into getting her where she is today.\u00a0