A good friend of mine, Larry Ricci, once quipped that broken dreams could be easily indexed on the Internet. "Just go to yachtworld.com, select over 50 feet and under $50,000," he said.In honor of Larry's insight, we are creating an occasional feature on Sailing Maryland that utilizes his extraordinary methodology.
First up is this 55' wooden schooner, custom-built in 1950. She's lying (slowly rotting?) somewhere in Ft. Lauderdale and could be yours for the incredible sum of ... you guessed it, $50,000!
The fact that the only photos of her underway look like hand-tinted daguerreotypes or that she would require a crew of 12 from a Patrick O'Brian novel, should not put us off. She is "An ocean vessel wanting to ply the caribbean or the south pacific islands, with you in charge," the write-up assures us.
"As the anchor drifts to the bottom in the crystal clear water the sounds of island drum music and singing floats across the water," the blurb continues. "... Before departing your sailing vessel to go ashore, your sailing mate comes up from below in an island srong [sic] with a rum punch."
"You feel lucky, knowing that you may have purchased one of the last large sailing vessel capable of this type of comfortable crusing," it concludes.
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