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Sharing the Dream
Whispering Jesse Sailing Blog by John Lichty | June 22nd 2008 by John Lichty
On Thursday morning, I received an email message from reader Ted Johnson in response to my Boat Quest series. It was a great story by a fellow dreamer and it contained some excellent advice, so I thought I would share it with other readers, along wit read more
Boat Quest, Part 11
Whispering Jesse Sailing Blog by John Lichty | June 10th 2008 by John Lichty
Stephen, the salesperson representing "Little Walk," the Valiant 40 I looked at in Virginia, emailed me back with some answers to my questions. The JRC radar I noticed, which was not included in the online listings, is one of the upgrades and improve read more
Boat Quest, Part 10
Whispering Jesse Sailing Blog by John Lichty | May 30th 2008 by John Lichty
Last week I was out in Washington, DC for the Web Maniacs Conference, a two-day event put on by Fig Leaf Software, Adobe and other technology sponsors to showcase advances in Internet development. It was held close enough to my friend Curt Haensel's read more
Boat Quest, Part 9
Whispering Jesse Sailing Blog by John Lichty | March 16th 2008 by John Lichty
The last weekend in November, I was searching for Valiant 40 sailboats online and looking beyond the OffshoreYachts.com and YachtWorld. com listings I routinely checked, when there she was: Sea Hawk! The very same boat I had motored past in Fort Laud read more
Boat Quest, Part 8
Whispering Jesse Sailing Blog by John Lichty | February 14th 2008 by John Lichty
Last summer I spotted a 1979 Valiant 40 in the YachtWorld.com listings that looked promising. It was located in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, which is an easy two-day drive from Colorado. At $79,500, it seemed reasonable enough and the pictures in the read more
Boat Quest, Part 7
Whispering Jesse Sailing Blog by John Lichty | February 2nd 2008 by John Lichty
After researching the Valiant 40 cutter-rigged sailboat and deciding that it was the best boat for what I had in mind, in terms of size, design, sail layout, equipment and price, I faithfully scanned the OffshoreYachts.com listings looking for an old read more
Boat Quest, Part 6
Whispering Jesse Sailing Blog by John Lichty | January 16th 2008 by John Lichty
Here is a short piece from "The O List" section of the October, 2001 issue of Outside magazine:The Aerodyne 47 sailing offNewport, Rhode IslandThe Best Boat to Sail Around the WorldA plucky Australian named Serge Testa once managed to get around the read more
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