Taking the Plunge with a Folkie

MY SON JOE, who was aboard when I bought my first Folkboat, attended yesterday when a checked out, sailed and bought my second Folkie. 

It helped that the previous owner was a surfer, sea kayaker and allround nice guy. Jack Sprat aka Bodecia needs a soft refit, but has excellent  bones: new standing rigging, reliable engine and solid deck. As we sailed put of Clairville Beach towards Palm Beach (my old Folkie's haunt), I just got happy. Deeply happy, from my core happy, happy in a way that I had not been in a long time. The truth be, that I sold my old  Bohemian in a hurry to put food on the table for my children and I after a rapid onset marital separation. Buying another Folkboat a handful of years later, in better condition was a real indicator that I have not only survived but thrived. It was a reward from the spirit world, karma, whatever secret forces that come in behind you at times. 
Then there was that glorious sensation of sailing a Folkie on the wind.

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