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Kismet 2003 Sabre 426 $287,000
Sabre Yachts has built some of the most well-appointed performance cruisers, and the 426 is one of their best. Superb joinery, quality sailing gear and Jim Taylor’s solid design set the Sabre 426 apart from many production boats. The interior delivers a comfortable two-couple cruising layout while moderate proportions and ample sail area provide good performance even in light winds. Kismet spent most of her life on the Great Lakes until 2016 when she was trucked from Harbor Springs, MI to Marion, MA. Since 2017 Kismet has enjoyed summer sailing in New England with inside, winter storage and annual maintenance at Burr Brothers Boats. Inspection shows Kismet in superb condition. Kismet shows as a much newer boat than her stated age. With her shoal draft wing keel, air conditioning, and updated electronics, Kismet is an excellent option for sailors wishing to cruise the east coast and beyond. Her superb condition makes this desirable Sabre 426 an excellent value. IN SF BAY AREA
IN SF BAY AREA
Sabre 426 2003 • $289,000
Ocean Alexander Altus 48 2003 • $429,000
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LETTERS ⇑⇓ As heard on the Webb Google alerts me at no charge when my name appears on the internet. It's not completely accurate, but for free, I am not going to complain. I got two alerts. One showed a heading: "First Man To Give Birth." Naturally, I was surprised. My memory is not as good as once it was, but surely I would have remembered that. I clicked on the link and inexplicably found photos from my website interspersed with an absurd article. Almost instantly, I received warnings about possible malware threats, and will not share this amusement with you. The other was the Letters section of the most recent issue [October 2022] of Latitude 38. The letters were in response to the article in their [August 31, 2022] 'Lectronic Latitude about me, which I have written about here before. The article was about what I am to do after leading an epic life. One of the letters suggested that I take up farming. Now I am glad there are farmers. We all should be or we would be spending most of our lives hunting and gathering for ourselves, and with my eyesight, hunting is not likely to be productive. However, to suggest that I turn from sailing to farming perhaps reflects a lack of understanding of Webb Chiles. Some know my name. Some have even read my words. But few give me more than a passing thought. So this man sailed for a while and then became a farmer. I suggest that perhaps sailing was and is a more essential part of my life than it was of his. I take people who claim to be sailors at face value until proven otherwise, as often happens with unseemly celerity. I have never said I am giving up sailing.
RONNIE SIMPSON
QUALITY YACHTS FROM
Webb Chiles aboard the Moore 24 'Gannet' in 2014, shortly before embarking on his sixth circumnavigation, which he completed in 2019.
I have said that the second part of my life which I have called 'being' ended with my reaching San Diego at the end of my sixth circumnavigation, and this, the third part, is 'dying'. Now three years on, I think I may have been mistaken. I have made little progress toward dying. I wrote on the very first passage of Gannet's circumnavigation, "Use yourself up, old man. Use yourself up." I don't seem to be deteriorating very rapidly. Maybe I am not used up. I miss the monastery of the sea. I am uncertain how to re-enter it without a destination or a belief in meaning. I am tying to understand. Maybe this is not 'dying', but 'being.2'. I am not going to become a farmer. It has taken me two hours to write this. I started with a small glass of Laphroaig at hand. The glass is empty and