Boat Search, Day IV

5/27/07

When I got up this morning, I was still very frustrated at the situation I was in. I had spent lots of money and lots of time trying to find a boat and I had absolutely no solid leads on a vessel so I was on the verge of giving up. I spoke with my father who encouraged me to give it a few more days. I drove to the University of Miami, where I told the librarian that I was a prospective student so that she would let me into their library. I went in and continued to do some more research on boats in the surrounding areas. I found an interesting one in North Palm Beach and began to look more into it. She was a 25’ Pearson Triton with all sorts of nifty features that would come in handy for my trip. I called the broker and set up a showing for tomorrow at 10:00am.

I went over to Burger King for lunch and while I was eating, I got a call from a fellow named Jason who I had left a message for several days ago. He apologized for the late reply and told me that he just got a new phone after dropping his in the water while sailing. He had a very interesting boat in Marathon, Florida and I spoke with him for a while about that as well. As disappointed as I was in the morning, I was getting very optimistic about the summer after my several disappointments. With nothing much else to do in the evening, I went to a movie theater and saw the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie before heading back to the campground for bed.