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Mr. Luddite

On 2/1/2016 11:22 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 19:05:32 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/1/2016 6:54 PM, Tim wrote:

That's a sad deal Richard. Evidently the family got out while the getting was good.

Jule Marshall has been building boats since 1966. Prior to Californian
and then Navigator, he and another guy were responsible for the design
of Ericson sailboats.

The Californian and then Navigator lines were started in the 1970's as
an American built alternative to trawlers and pilothouses from Asia.

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The Ericsons were good boats. Many of them are still sailing today,
sometimes competitively. Any idea how your old Navigator is doing?

Don't know. Last I knew it was in Maryland and for sale again. I heard
that the guy who bought it either fell ill or died a few years later.
He wasn't all that healthy and was
probably in his mid to late 70's when he bought it.

About 3 years ago when I was seriously thinking of another boat, I
almost pulled the trigger on another Navigator that was in the
Carolinas. It was smaller, a 44 footer, and I liked the layout of
it a lot. But at the time our future was still up in the air and I
really didn't want another large boat if we were going to stay here
in MA. Season is just too short.

Another boat may now come up again, depending on where we eventually
land following the house sale in March. It's under "negotiations". :-)