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Spirit Dancer is a 1980 Tanzer 7.5 (25 foot) sailboat that I purchased in late August 2014 through a charity auction for a $200 donation and a $350 dollar “documentation” fee. The boat had a different name then which I have subsequently changed. (shh, don’t tell Neptune) The boat was bought from North River Power Squadron which used it for training. It was donated to them by a person from NJ that used to sail it along the east coast.<\/p>\n

The boat was in decent shape for it’s age and price but it was in need of some TLC and an outboard motor. Luckily, it was in a marina that is very close to me so I arranged to keep it there, on the hard, for the winter so I can fix it up. I had the marina fix the broken lower shroud line that it had and sand blast the bottom down to the gel coat. Then had them apply 2 epoxy barrier coats a primer and 2 coats of Ablative paint. I took the cushions and the companionway door home for winter restoration projects and then spent several nice weekends scrubbing the boat down with toilet bowl cleaner and applying a coat of wax.<\/p>\n

I also located a Mercury 9.9hp outboard motor with electric start on Craig’s List for 1200.  It is a 2004 but it looks and runs like new. When I went to purchase it the previous owner explained to me that he bought it from a crabbing boat that had it as a back-up motor. So it was maintained every year but hardly ever used. He then told me that he only got to use it 3 times on his boat before his swing keel fell off. <\/p>\n

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