History Behind the "Free" Catalina 22
5/17/17- And so it begins..... Today, "Wayward Star" and I first met...I've been hunting for a Catalina 22 for several months, having settled on it as the right sailboat for my family. How did that happen? Well, first, I grew up sailing with my parents.....from an 18' Windrose, to a 26' Balboa. I had a selection of varying sailing dinghies in which I ventured FAR OUTSIDE the bounds of parental watchfulness. I managed to prosper at it. We eventually moved aboard a 42' Chung Hwa...allegedly, a copy of an Angleman "Sea Witch." It looked like a pirate ship me me. (And most everyone else who saw it!). It was a completely awesome childhood. We alternated between Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Puget Sound.....vacations were spent under sail with a rotating list of family friends and other sailors. That however, was a long time ago! Now, I'm mid-forties, with two teenage daughters and one teenage stepson......none of them have ever sa...