Great beginnings

I brought Dan and Allison a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Allison's favorite mass-market champagne, to celebrate my getting the loan to buy Dan's boat.

She (the boat, not Allison) used to belong to the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (http://baads.org). She was set up for people with limited mobility. She's about halfway to being fitted out so that I, with nerve damage in my arms, can sail her alone. Until then, I'll have to get by with a little help from my friends. Oh darn! heheh

She's a classic -- a 1976 Gary Mull design, with just the right amount of curves. My god, she's beautiful. I'll post a picture when I get one. Meanwhile, check this post here about how we got together: Traveler meets Voyager.

I haven't gotten the money into Dan's sweaty fist yet, but he was kind enough to say that he considered the boat already mine. I'm staying aboard tonight.

I'm so happy my heart is singing. The cork is hanging from its cage right under the companionway, the only thing on the boat that is not essential to her care. But I feel like it is essential in its own way. It's part of the boat, now. Part of my home.