(sister ship)
From 1975 to 1979 I sailed a Leisure 17 named "Schuimer". The Leisure 17 is a 17 feet long twin keel pocket cruiser build in the U.K. by Cobra Mold Ltd. This is a very sturdy boat (the first one sailed from England to the USA), but too small for my family.
Another picture of a Leisure 17.
Therefore, in 1979 I bought a new Dutch build 24 feet twin keel Eurokruiser, and named her "Emiko" (the Japanese name of my wife Cherie):
The Eurokruiser was build by Olympus boatyard in Holland. Mine was number 323. The Eurokruiser is a very roomy boat for her size, but rather slow. I sold "Emiko" in 1991 when I moved permanently to the USA.
Another picture of an Eurokruiser
A picture of its interior.
Play an old movie (1980) of a sailing trip
with my family and my brother Bald and his family.
I bought the O'Day 22 (I never gave her a name) in Texas, and sailed her on Lake Lavon:
I sold my O'Day 22 when I moved to Pennsylvania in 1997
In the spring of 1997 I bought a 1975 vintage International Folkboat named "Wildfire":
I sold Wildfire in October 2001 because of lack of time to maintain and sail her, but I have regretted it ever since.
Other pictures of Wildfire.
However, after two years without a boat, I am sailing the Chesapeake Bay again. I have bought a Seafarer 26 called Brandy Bay:
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