1986 Endeavour 33

Name: Capt. Luther Carrier lelair@aol.com
Boat Name: Le Lair de la Mer
Year: 1986
Size: 33' sloop
Date Purchased:1995

Boat History:
A doctor from Huntsville, Ohio. The 'Good Doctor' as he was to be known as between the broker and myself had purchased this vessel as an investment and charted it out of Ft. Lauderdale. In this tiime period the vessel was abused and appeared to be no more than a 'write-off'.

Experience:
This is our second sailing vessel. Our first vessel was a 26' C&C. It proved to be very kind to us and gave us a spring board to our current boat. Actual years sailing would be in the area of ten. Then on the other hand I have seen boat owners who have made a night passage in twenty-five years. I have seen boat owners who did not know what a beam was. My actual experience on the water goes back nearly thirty years ago. Fishing the back waters of Lake Cumberland in the early spring mornings. Sitting up on the bow of a small skiff breaking the ice to get thru to the back waters. Currently we sail the Gulf of Mexico and the adjacent waters. More on this subject later.

Boat Review/Upgrades:
Since the purchase date I have been behind the eight ball on this one. I consider myself a serious sailor and always put saftey first. This boat has many quality traits to be a find sailing vessel. The problems that I have endured over the past years are mainly electrical. We have been anchored out overnight and had the engine start up at 0230 in the morning. This was due to an electrical wire that had chafted on the tranmission. We have had every holding tank leak. Starting with our fuel tank, 34 gallons of fuel in the bilge. This explains why the previous owner disconnected the bilge pumps. Then the fresh water tanks, three of them, 120 gallons in the bilge. This boat represents "work in progress". I have found ways to correct many of the problems in this limited time. For you see my number one rule is not to put more time in on working on a boat but rather put an equal amount of time on enjoying the ship at sea. And as before more on this subject later.