Welcome to Boat De Jour – One sailors quest for the perfect boat!
Welcome to our adventure! We are attempting the unimaginable, to find the perfect sailing vessel! We’re going into our 14th season of sailing. In that short amount of time we have already owned 5 sailboats, as we search for perfection. Our current dreamboat, a 1985 Pearson 36-2, so far, seems perfect for us!
My name is Eric, along with always looking for the perfect sailboat, I also provide private sailing charters and tours on Lake Pepin. I am based out of the Lake City Marina in beautiful Lake City, MN. We sail daily during the summer months. If you are going to be in the area, I would love to take you sailing on Minnesota’s premier sailing destination!
My wife and I are sailing addicts. Our friends eyes glaze over as we regale them with our tales of sailing and dreams for the future. The standing joke among them is “So… What sailboat are you looking at now?”
I’m aware that some folks are perpetuating the theory that there is no perfect sailboat, but as the title suggests, the quest for perfection is fluid, and the object of our quest changes… wait for it… daily! Some folks are even so brazen as to suggest that all sailboats are but a compromise. Bah! As Robert Perry has written “Compromise is an excuse for bad design.”
As we learn, grow and sail our way to our dream of one day casting off and sailing for the islands. perhaps the Apostles or maybe the Virgin Islands. It is not the destination that intrigues us, but the journey.
So, welcome and we hope you will follow along, add some of your own advice, and enjoy the journey!