Well, after much, much digging and soul searching we have decided to pass Spritzig II on to a new home if there is a buyer interested. I will be turning 70 this year and life threatening health issues that have dogged me for sometime have curtailed our use of the boat now for a while and although I’m still keeping some functionality the treatments have knocked me around far more than I’ve been prepared to accept. It has however, been my spine which has been deteriorating since the 90s that has made the decision for me. Unfortunately my days of lifting outboards particularly on and off of tenders to transoms are long over, even little ones. Currently I’m doing maintenance and it’s a chore rather than fun. If my back was a horse, they’d shoot it.
I could just chain my OB to the transom and hope for the best but that’s only part of the issue. I’ve always considered that you take responsibility for your crew and guests on any boat and in a emergency, you as skipper need to be physically able to carry out those responsibilities and I’m just not confident of that anymore. Whining over.
I’ll put a proper detailed post on the sale and boat in the “for sale” section, hopefully tonight but probably tomorrow.
The sad part about selling her is we really have finally got her just about perfect for our use. But doing the little add ons along the way have been part of the fun I guess and kept us sane during Covid lockdowns.
- Spritzig II interior
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As an aside, I intend to stay on as a moderator on the forum with Geoff’s concurrence hopefully helping where I can to share my 21 years of experience with Investigators with more new owners and follow their progress. So it’s not goodbye from him. Important to say that I’ve learned as much from this forum as I’ve put into it. According to the speedo I’ve made 1756 posts
…I should get a hobby 
.Pm me for any details you might want. I’m not posting my phone number in the open forums as I’m knee deep in spammers as it is.
