• Feeling of loss
• Had to move out
• No longer have to spend money on a high maintenance relationship
• Someone else is now sleeping with (in) her
• She got to keep the friends (B dock buddies)

I suppose it’s not too surprising on how attached I got to Frog, as I’m known for sentimental attachment to inanimate objects; cars, clothes, tools etc.  I spent countless hours refitting that old boat from mast to keel, bringing her back from essentially sinking in her slip in the San Rafael Channel to something that I was quite proud of.  I probably added 5 pounds of displacement with my own blood.

Frog had been a wonderful boat, it was the first real boat I ever owned and taught me a lot about yacht ownership and seamanship.  My wife did not grow up around boats, but Frog introduced her to the sea where she developed a love to be on the water.  We had many adventures out in nasty conditions outside the Gate, great relaxing sails behind Tiburon and some crazy times back in the Delta, not to mention those breezy summer days reaching back in forth with the rail in the water.

So we knew we could not be two boat owners, Frog had to go on the market, but we weren’t expecting the sale to happen so quickly.  Frog was listed in Craigslist and Latitude and was sold to folks I showed the very first Sunday after being listed; no broker, just my awesome marketing skills.  Her new owners seem like great guys, Tom and James, teachers from SF.  I was very happy that we came to an agreement as I feel that they will take very good care of her and make sure she is sailed regularly.  They bought her as a partnership and will keep her in the Sausalito slip and will likely get a long great with all the dock neighbors, I hoping They stay true to their word of letting me tag along for a few sails this summer.