The first days...

Gordon and Cathy ended up being more than pen pals. September 12 we flew down and were met at the airport by two smiling faces. G&C graciously opened their home to us instead of having us stay in a hotel and instead of a rental car they generously picked us up at the airport and offered us the use of their car. In crazy world of mixed up people, we were blessed with meeting a truly wonderful couple. I don’t know that I could have done it with anyone else after meeting someone from a boat ad online and having only a few weeks of phone calls and e-mails. And I wouldn’t suggest to anyone else looking to buy or sell a boat that they put themselves in the same position but it worked out perfectly for us. We were more than comfortable with them and very thankful for their hospitality.

Gordon took us to see the Scottish Lass at M.R.M. the afternoon we flew in. Because of the survey we had our eyes wide open to what we were going to find at the marina but we were still nervous heading out to the boat. Was it going to be more than we thought we could handle maintaining? Was it going to be better or worse than the pictures? Was it going to be exactly what hoped for? Then we were walking down the dock and we each knew. We found our boat.
We spent time crawling all over the boat while taking lots of pictures and continuously asking each other questions like – “Are you sure?” “Are you ok with this?” “Can we do this?” Each of us was worried that the other might not be as committed to the boat as the other one felt. Gordon patiently answered technical questions, showed us where things were and how they worked.