We got the phone call on Thursday about a 25' Coronado for next to nothing... Too good to be true? Probably... Especially because the sail boat in the picture (left) looked pretty good. So with both of us sick as anything, we set out the following morning for the three hour drive. The universe may have been trying to throw some signs our way with the rain/wind/lightening/hail/etc. we had to drive through... But, we hadn't been on a road trip in a while and both were looking forward to the little bit of escape that was coming. Once we arrived, she wasn't hard to spot. She was at the end of the first row right when you turn into the boatyard. There wasn't anyone around who worked there that we could find and we ended up waiting about an hour and a half before someone finally showed up... We had fun entertaining ourselves in the meantime though. We walked around a bit. It was sooo cold and wet we decided to stick it out in the truck. We ran up to the store, looked at other boats, and then walked back over in the cold rain to see her again. She had been badly neglected, not damaged but, severely neglected. We didn't have to open the hatch to look into her because it had already been left open for quite some time... Well, I am guessing that because of the amount of water that was in the boat itself. The mildew was unbearable and I was dreading even thinking of how to get it all out. She was sad and ugly but, sound. So, right there pretty much without having to say anything we bought her.
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