OMFG...

Our offer (subject to survey) on a 48-year-old, heavy displacement, sloop-rigged, 32-foot Rival — an old skool British ‘blue water’ design by Peter Brett — has just been accepted. It has taken over a month of negotiation and nail-biting to get the price low enough to be able to afford her.

She’s strong, comfortable, and reasonably well-equipped (a manageable rig, great anchor gear!) even if she does have this somewhat raggedy, post-apocalypse, Mad Max ark vibe.