It always means a lot to hear appreciative comments from a reader and I was doubly delighted last week to hear from former New Jerseyan and now Floridian, Bob Schuldenfrei. Bob had been reading my downloadable booklet on How to Buy a Used Sailboat and found it helpful. He shared some of his sailing history and by coincidence he was an active member at Raritan Yacht Club. In his own words: I just turned 69 years old and I did not think I would ever buy another one, but I have once again been bitten by the boat ownership bug. Back in the 1970s I owned Tangaroa, a Bristol 26 that my wife and I sailed out of Boston. I grew up on my father’s gaff-rigged circa 1919 39’ yawl, Turia. (note the similarity to your last name) We were living in New Jersey and sailed on Raritan Bay out... Read more →