Sold truck, bought a Dinghy

Now we are down to 2 cars. We did have a truck and 2 cars, but we sold the truck. It was diesel and loved to eat the gas. Already we are feeling lighter without the big truck. Next we need to sell one of the cars. One car is on brinks though, so hopefully we can get rid of it quick and for good money, we will see.

As we were selling the truck, we bought a dinghy. The dinghy is a Ranger Minto about 9ft, fiberglass with teak trim, with oars and sail kit all for a good deal of $500. Our boat did not come with a dinghy, so before we bought this dinghy we researched for months. We debated whether to get an inflatable hypalon type as RIB or hard one. Overall we knew we wanted a good rowing boat with ability to sail, so we decided on a hard dinghy. And a hard one with long lasting material, such as fiberglass. 

As we went back and forth from our house to the boat, we would search on craiglist and a nice one would pop up near the house, while we were on the boat, and vice versa. This went on for a couple months, we were always in the wrong place when a deal came up. In our desperate and impulsive mission to buy a dinghy, we drove an hour to look at a 10 ft Walker Bay with sail kit and oars, the guy wanted $2200 for it. We offered him $1500, he said no and we left, that was the best decision we made. The drive was nice and scenery pretty, this was a lesson to be patient. We decided to wait until we moved onto the boat. After we got moved onto the boat, we searched craiglist a couple days later and this dinghy was posted at $500, it was a great deal and we jumped on it. 

We've already sailed and rowed around the marina and it's lots of fun. Sort of sad when we bought it though. The guy who sold it to us was selling his sailboat too, and explained to us that it was due to illness. He was in tears as I rowed the boat away, I think he did not want to let it go. Luckily the dinghy was in the same marina as we are, so we did not need help transporting it with the truck gone. 

Next on project list, find a spot on the boat to store dinghy.