So many years.
So many adventures.
And the experiences we've had! Oh, my!
Hi - the name is Troubadour.
An appropriate name, if I do say so myself,
as my owners are the Singers
and they've been wandering with me for 34 years.
They even had a troubadour painted on the fly bridge.
My friends call me Troob.
My owners brag that I have excelled and exceeded their expectations all along the way. They have cruised on me for 34 years and 4500 hours. They feel they
have to give me up because they are getting a bit too creaky to get around, and
crawl into engine or anchor compartments. And the many friends they cruised
with over the years are all out of boating. Time marches on!
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My owners cruised me to a number of wonderful, exotic, remote and
adventurous places. Over all those years, I never failed to get them where
they were going safely, and in one case saved their bacon when they made (they
claim) the only navigational error in their history. While my owners were
adventurous; they were not foolhardy. Even so, I’ve safely got them through a
number of unpredicted storms, fog, kamikaze log-tow breakups and frozen
anchorages.
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I’ve visited hundreds of communities in Puget Sound, British Columbia,
Alaska and Vancouver Island. I’ve anchored in even more quiet anchorages in
those places. (100 in Alaska in 1995 alone) I’ve been fueled from docks 40
feet above the water and had gas in 55 gallon barrels hauled to makeshift docks
at logging camps. I’ve bumped schools of circling salmon trying to get up a
dried-up creek (Red Bay, AK). I’ve pulled boats off sand bars, towed a becalmed
windsurfer, and fished a capsized kayaker out of Puget Sound in a storm. I’ve
rubbed shoulders, as it were, with fishboats, tugboats, barges, 100 foot luxury
boats, and even a disconnected section of a floating bridge.
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Through all of this, my owners have kept me shipshape. Not babying me, but
not allowing things to deteriorate. My interior is still mostly “stock”, but
things that wore out were replaced. I can keep them warm and snug, keep and
serve their food conveniently, lull them to sleep in comfort; and still be ready
to set off into whatever sea they might choose to visit. I hope whomever buys
me would take just as good care of me, and I’ll be ready to carry them in just
as much safety and comfort as I have done before. .
Now my owners say that they want to spend their golden years exploring more of North America by road. Not too appealing to me, to say the least. But between you and I, I've noticed that they are getting a bit creaky and slowing down. As Captain Dean says, "It's time.".
So follow along (click the pages listed to the right) and I'll describe my attributes; some that aren't so apparent.
Those that know Cruise-A-Homes know what good boats they are.
Great design. Safe and comfortable ride.
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