How old are you guys?

[Ralph Erickson]

I'll be 58 in June, feel it sometimes in body but not in my mind!!!! Had open heart bypass surgery a year ago, but not letting it slow me down.  Sailing my 19 on Lake Nockamixon in PA every chance I get (at least once a week in sailing season); furthering my sailing skills by taking a US Sailing Passage Making course from Tortola BVI to Bermuda in May (6 days of non stop open ocean sailing - can't wait!); bareboat chartering this summer with Nockamixon Sail Club (4 days on the Chesapeake in August and 3 days in New England in September); going for my USCG Captain's License and ASA Sail Instructor certification in the future. Gotta keep the dream alive! Still work full time (gotta pay the mortgage!) but plan to retire in 7 years.  Life is good!

Ralph
CP 19 "Patricia Lee"

[Ted]

48.  This past month I have sailed 3 times per week, a couple of hours per sail.

I am feeling like a youngster reading this thread.

It seems to me that sailing boats requires skills that most younger folks don't like to do or have never required.  You have to want to work with your hands, understand a broad range of topics, and rely on your own wits. I love sailing because it challenges me in a broad range of very diverse topics.

[Salty19]

41 years young here.  Living everyday to the fullest.

[mattt6511]

I just turned 30 yesterday

[jthatcher]

we might be the newest compac owners here.  I just sent the check for the balance due yesterday - compac 23 to be renamed  Adagio in NJ.    I am 51 and my wife is 45.  We are anticipating spending as much time on the water this summer as possible, although we are 3 hours away from the boat    

the immediate plan - spend time in the Tom's river and Barnegat Bay this year getting used to the boat and sharpening our sailing skills - spend as many weekends on the boat as possible - meet up with bob and any other compac owners in the area ( of course there will be wonderful folks on other boats to meet as well)

next year -  take our first cruise - up the Hudson to the canal and then on to Lake Champlain were we  will visit with my daughter..  and then home again.  The cabin on the 23 looks pretty roomy after spending numerous nights in a two person tent

I have always wanted a sailboat even though most of our experience has been with powerboats.  At 51, I have convinced myself that I have pushed the dream off into the future for too long.    Three weeks ago I was sick and home from work, and I spent the day on line looking at sailboat listings on yacht world..   I found the compac  and called a friend for some advice..  we agreed that it would be a great entry level boat, and here we are!  what a difference a day makes  

[redfishnc]

60 (dang, almost typed in 50).  Sealed the deal on my 27 last week.  Waiting for the truck to bring the boat to the southern coast of NC.   Shipping and waiting for them to pick her up in Deale. MD and deliver to Oriental, NC.  I will bring her home to Myrtle Grove sound between Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach, NC.  I feel fortunate after reading about others being far from their marina and boat.  I am about 4 miles to the marina/boat and 4 miles to the inlet.  Have been lurking and reading old post for the past couple of months.  Previous boat was a Catalina 30.  Sold her and got sailboat fever again.  Wanted something a little smaller so here I am.   Think there is a couple of other 27s around here....  At 60 I must say I am starting to appreciate life in a different way.

[Bob23]

Jason:
   I'm looking forward to bumping into you guys on Barnegat Bay. I'm moored (well, not me but my 23 actually) in Manahawkin Bay but I almost always sail north into Barnegat Bay. I put the boat in at Long Key Marina in Waretown. Tice's Shoals is a regular destination for me.
   I found my 23 over 5 years ago in a similiar way...home from work, drinking my 2nd cuppa and checking out the boats for sale in the paper. I saw the ad, called the owner and that afternoon, she was mine. It was love at first sight! She was such a looker, that I know if I hesitated, someone esle would taker her home.
Bob23

[curtisv]

Old is a state of mind.  May you never grow old.

Since we're all fessing up - I'm 55.

btw - I have an aunt who will soon be celebrating the 50th anniversary of her 49th birthday.  She lived alone after my uncle passed away until about a year ago and now she's not quite up to going it alone and lives with my sister, my neice, and their five dogs.  I'd love to get her out sailing and she has just the spirit in her to still go for it.  She's never been sailing but there may still be a chance.

Curtis

[Mark F.]

I'm 49 and retired over three years ago from the Air Force.  I just completed seminary and will seek a church to pastor in the fall.  I completed a career and now it's time to pursue my calling!