Crabby is dead............long live Crabby II
As we've blogged about before, aside from your boat- the most important possession a cruiser has is his/her dinghy. Crabby, our loyal (and cheap) West Marine dinghy served us well. Purchased in 2010, Crabby survived the entire 2012 trip...........at the end, leaky, unsteady, but still technically floating. Alas, we've retired old Crabby. This weekend at the Miami Boat Show, we banded together with our Italian besties (Alessandro and Lucetta of Grand Cru) and we each purchased new dinghies at a discount. For sailors, this is like getting a car, so excuse my gushing. Crabby II (our new ride) is an AB Marine (Italian, of course) 9.5 ft. super-dinghy............aluminum bottom, super thick tubes..............in short, a bad-ass king of the seas tender fit for an Amel (which, of course, we have). We're taking delivery of Crabby II in October of this year. Why then ? Well, you never know......maybe there's a cruise in our not so distant future.