We listed Leprechaun (Hull 70) on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace on Saturday afternoon and she sold Monday morning for a full price offer! Thank you Jesus! It was all Him. We had 14 interested people checking out the boat, when I arrived down there Monday, there were 2 people, both wanting to buy her!
The new owner had never been on anything larger than a dinghy and paid me cash and right afterwards left the dock just him and his dog to take her south from Morro Bay, to LA harbor 200+ miles away, God bless him, the journey includes rounding Point Conception,(the Cape Horn of the west coast)
He just texted me that he had made it past Pt Conception and was just passing Ventura harbor and plans to make it to his new home port today. We were ready to not have to maintain a big boat, we still keep 2 skiffs but I'll rest easier, anytime we have high winds, it used to worry me, our slip was not in a very protected marina and I've seen 4' waves bashing the boat against the dock, we had the large 24" ball type fenders and it would toss those fenders on top of the dock and wore a section of the hull down to the wood, not good. No we won't miss keeping a big boat here in Morro Bay!
I have a friend that just last week brought home his brand new Island Packet 349 and my neighbor has a beautiful Moody 41, I'l just have to sail on other peoples boats, not quite the same but a much cheaper alternative.
Leprechaun has sold!
by Greg & Angie Wheeler
Sep 11, 2024
We listed Leprechaun (Hull 70) on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace on Saturday afternoon and she sold Monday morning for a full price offer! Thank you Jesus! It was all Him. We had 14 interested people checking out the boat, when I arrived down there Monday, there were 2 people, both wanting to buy her!
The new owner had never been on anything larger than a dinghy and paid me cash and right afterwards left the dock just him and his dog to take her south from Morro Bay, to LA harbor 200+ miles away, God bless him, the journey includes rounding Point Conception,(the Cape Horn of the west coast)
He just texted me that he had made it past Pt Conception and was just passing Ventura harbor and plans to make it to his new home port today. We were ready to not have to maintain a big boat, we still keep 2 skiffs but I'll rest easier, anytime we have high winds, it used to worry me, our slip was not in a very protected marina and I've seen 4' waves bashing the boat against the dock, we had the large 24" ball type fenders and it would toss those fenders on top of the dock and wore a section of the hull down to the wood, not good. No we won't miss keeping a big boat here in Morro Bay!
I have a friend that just last week brought home his brand new Island Packet 349 and my neighbor has a beautiful Moody 41, I'l just have to sail on other peoples boats, not quite the same but a much cheaper alternative.