Monday, March 29, 2010

European Boat!



Over the weekend Jen and I finalized the purchase of a 470 in Europe! We are now the proud new owners of a 2004 MacKay sailed at the Olympics in Athens. The boat will be delivered to our first competition of the summer in Kiel, Germany in June. Greece may be in trouble, but we sure don't mind the drop in the Euro!
The purchase process was interesting for us, especially given that we've never met the person we bought the boat from in Ireland. It turns out, though that the owner, Barry, is connected to us through mutual friends. When we found this out we were able to send a friend over to look at it for us which was great. What a small world. Then, after managing a seven hour time difference, we were able to get things sorted out and secure the boat. We're very eager to get to Germany in June and put it together!

I've attached some pics of our new boat, tell us what you think!

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