Preview: SAGA — A Pacific Seacraft 25’s Transformation
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October 4, 2013
Email this Video to a FriendBuy the boat you can afford and make it into the boat you want. This is the saga of SAGA, a Pacific Seacraft 25′ and the woman who turned it into the boat of her dreams.
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23 Responses So Far to “SAGA — A Pacific Seacraft 25’s Transformation”
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Heather Linscott says:
I am a new sailor at 68, I bought an old Rhodes 19, 3 years ago to learn to sail on and have been to wooden boat for Elements of sailing. My dream is to do what you have done, get a bigger boat I can sleep in and be on the Maine coast in the summer. After kayak camping on islands all over the Maine coast I want to be there and explore another way of being on the coast.
Your vid was so inspiring for me, I drove up to Portland with your images dancing in my head.
Michael Quigley says:
Captures the spirit in all of us called to sailing!Thank you for sharing your experience.
Robi Warden says:
So calming, so independent. I have a little 26 footer that needs attention after the world’s longest lockdown where I live in Melbourne Victoria Australia. Hopefully I’ll be able to freshen mine up soon. I love to lay back in its compact cabin and look at the timber details and think about its previous owner/builder who has passed on and know that he approves of the care I have for his craft. You don’t get these great vibes with a mass produced plastic boat. Keep smiling in your beautiful craft…
James Donovan says:
This is simply the most inspiring video I have yet seen on the why’s of owning a fine little yacht! I would be stumped by the lack of headroom, even though I stand but 5ft6in. I did talk with a sailboat builder here in Ontario. He simply snorted in disbelief at my proposal to craft a higher coach roof then tried to sell me on a Nonsuch 26 he had kicking about in his boatyard. Having seen a picture of a PSC 25 with the higher coach roof, I know it’s possible, just don’t know how costly it would be to do this,
Conbert Benneck says:
Joanne, A word of caution. Put a bungee cord around your oars in the dinghy. If they are in there just lying on the thwart, and the dinghy flips over because of some wave action caused by some powerboat, your oars will merrily float away.
Chick Lanham says:
Inspirational . Beautiful boat.
Charles Zimmermann says:
It would be nice to see pictures of the interior “before” and “after” and hear some comments on how the previous owner took care of the boat. You would think that anyone who bought a Pacific Seacraft boat would want to ensure that it is seaworthy and well-maintained. I guess Maynard Bray could write The Concise History of Pacific Seacraft.
Robert De Leo says:
Today is my first day as a new member…I came to the site through viewing a video of John Lockwood, founder and owner of Pygmy Boats in Port Townsend. The two more videos sent as promised got me hooked…this is the first video I’ve reviewed on the site…I am over the top with inspiration…I grew up with wooden boats (power boats) when I was a boy and in the last 10 years built 3 Pygmy Kayaks ( a labor of love)…I love to sail and that prosject will be next…thanks for a wonderful website…and congratulations to you Joanne…I salute you !
Vance Scott says:
Hi I am a new member and love the site.
Enjoyed watching this vid as I have been looking at a PSC25 on the net with a view to inspect.
A lovely vessel.
Just an observation…..I never really got a perspective of the interior space. There was lots of wonderful close ups but no pull backs for perspective in relationship to the overall space down below. There is not standing headroom in these yachts, but I did not get a sense of how this owner coped with that as she moved around down below.
Maybe that’s not the object of this vid …. anyway its stories like this that keep me inspired.
Cheers
William Mangum says:
It’s wonderful that you captured that gleam in her eye as she talks about what she loves! What inspiration!
Larry Curran says:
You’ve made your boat warm and inviting, stable and elegant. Your experience with her has apparently contributed to the fact that .. you .. are equally so.
Kevin Donohue says:
That description of waking in your own cabin — the light, the coziness, the feeling of comfort. I really connect with that. Nicely done.
Lee Fox says:
What a great story….Keep on sailing your dream!
malcolm kerstein says:
Beautiful and inspiring, keep up this kind of production.
Cheers,Malcolm
Michael Naumann says:
Thank you — soulfood for sailors.
David Jeffery says:
Lovely. It would be even nicer if more detail had been given–and shown–about what was done and how it was done.
Joanne Moesswilde says:
I have started a blog in response to your comment. Thanks for you interest. You can find my blog at blogger saga boat.
james vaughter says:
Dear Ms Moesswilde, I seem to be having trouble finding your blog on the Sags 25. Any advice? Thank you, Jim Vaughter, jhvaughter@gmail.com
Charles Zimmermann says:
I can’t find a “saga boat” blog at http://www.blogger.com and it appears that I need a complete URL instead of a phrase to search with.
Matt Thompson says:
http://boatsaga.blogspot.co.uk/
Matt Thompson says:
Although it seems to have been short lived :(
Patrick Walker says:
I live 100 miles inland, and she is living the life about which I can only dream. I am glad to see someone gets such experiences. It looks wonderful.
Bill Theurkauf says:
This is what it’s all about. Great video, great boat, great perspective of an insightful woman on what a boat can be. Amen!