https://sailingmagazine.net/articles.sec-142-1-for-the-love-of-a-boat.html Fri, 09 May 25 00:00:00 -0400 en hourly 1 https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2630-avocet.html Chris and Marissa Neely may be young boat owners, but the love the 20-somethings have for their old boat is rooted in its old soul.  The couple found their boat, a 1979 Cheoy Lee 41 sloop in 201...]]> https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2548-moon-dancer.html Moon Dancer wasn’t a name that Rob and Kristin Browne chose for their Hinckley Pilot 35 yawl, but it turned out to be entirely appropriate, and like many things about the boat, it seemed meant to be...]]> https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2587-prism.html Like a lot of sailors, Jon Neely loves his boat, but for him the feeling runs even deeper. “Prism is my boat soulmate,” he said. “I don’t look at other boats because I don’t have to.” Pr...]]> https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2569-pangaea.html You really can have it all, at least in a sailboat. And Mac Madenwald and Wendy Gray have found it. Their Baltic 39 can hold its own in the Anacortes, Washington, racing fleet and or serve as the per...]]> https://sailingmagazine.net/article-2570-humble.html Some boats just get under your skin and won’t shake you from their grasp.  That’s how Ed Manzano feels about schooners. He owned a 22-foot gaff-headed schooner from 1987 until he donated it ...]]>