John

Mad
Maggie

Maggie got into this by OOPS! "What else have you got going on? "

John has dreamed most of his life of bluewater sailing. This is was first boat - but not his last!

We are two nice people who became friends when we each found ourselves alone in the same part of the world at the same time!  John had a boat, but nobody to go sailing with him. Maggie had the body, but no boat to put it on!  So they teamed up to get John's boat into the water and to go looking for fun and adventure, each looking out for the other. The first of May, John had an offer to go into the restaurant business with a friend, and oops!  What to do about the boat!!  Since Maggie had invested so much of herself in this boat, it was decided that she would buy out John and go off without him!!

The Sloop Oops!

OOPS! is a 28 foot sloop that was built about 5 years ago by the previous owners.  It is a New Zealand design by Hartley, called  ' Stardrifter.' It is an unusual boat, with lots of endearing qualities!  They have sailed it to Belize a couple of times.  John bought it in October, 1998.  He's been working on it and on other boats in the yard in Rockport, Texas.  When Maggie decided to join John in a cruise, they began in earnest to get the boat out of the yard and into the water!

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