19 November 2009. The biggest news with Gitano is that we put her up for sale. We have come up to this line several times over the past two seasons...but always backed down when it came time to pull the trigger. This past October, however, we placed the ad in our favourite sailing magazine (Latitude 38) and quickly began answering calls and emails. We ended up fielding about fifteen queries, yielding three potential buyers. Of these three, one bought another boat, while another arranged to meet up in La Paz to check her out.
We spent a few days at the marina cleaning her up and stowing as much as we could off the boat and out of sight. The evening before meeting with our potential buyer, Steve and I sat side-by-side on the settee, looking all around our nice, clean boat with the same thought...we "don't want to sell her..." But we had made a commitment to this guy and, if he wanted to buy her, we would have to sell.
Dennis arrived the next day and Steve spent the afternoon going over all her systems and answering his questions. The next day, we went out for a sea trial. The day was perfect for sailing. She showed herself to be the racer she was...with speeds up to five knots in light winds. He loved the boat. However, he needed to talk to his partner about it. The next day, the deal was off as she said "no." He really looked disappointed and we felt bad for him....but good for us.
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