Eh - Ah - When you headed for Tahiti?
I can't think of a better way to go than under sail!
Woody
This boat has already been to Tahiti.
The story I got from the guy I bought it from:
The original Owner, a wealthy Cushing, Oklahoma oil man, bought the boat new, had it fitted out for ocean voyaging and then he and his girlfriend sailed it to Tahiti.
Apparently, shortly after their arrival in Papeete the girl friend and the wife found out about each other, much hilarity ensued.
I have three sources of documentation to back up the basis for the story. A listing in the February 1981 Seawind owners association newsletter where the boat was offered for sale in Tahiti, a mention in a archived newspaper story I found on line about the owners brother where the owner is mentioned as spending most of his time on his sailing yacht in Tahiti and a carbon copy of the listing contract with a boat broker in Papeete Tahiti.
Very little info about how the boat found it's way back to Oklahoma other than the original owner had it shipped by ship back the US and brought to Grand lake some time in the mid '80s. After that I have essentially zero written history on the boat other than a few purchase receipts for various bit of gear.