About yet ANOTHER one
yet ANOTHER one as she is known today, was purchased by myself in June of 2004 from Julius Willinsky. Julius, a former mayor of Stamford, CT, purchased her in the mid to late 70′s after sailing on a few Persons 30′s.
Prior to his purchase Julius was in love with the Person 30, it was a popular boat in Long Island Sound and he sailed on then frequently. It was his wife who told him ‘if you like the boat, take this money and go buy one!’. His wife had been squirreling away the house cleaning money he had been giving her.
Julius then purchased his very own Pearson 30 and named her after his wife Dutch. The story of “Dutch’s Treat” began. Julius went on to sail her all over Long Island Sound, inviting many people to sail with him and experience the joys of sailing a Pearson 30. Before his passing in 2005, Julius wrote many travel guides, no doubt many were written while sitting in the cockpit of Dutch’s Treat.
Unfortunately Julius became unable to take care of Dutch’s Treat as his health was failing. Many years passed while she sat in the water at Halloween Yacht Club and she fell into a state of dis-repair.
After being in the market for a 30-35 foot boat I came across the ad for DT in the club newsletter. With the help of Bernie Weiss we towed DT to be pulled an surveyed. What we found was upsetting. Many soft spots in the deck, cracking and chipping in the gelcote. Hundreds of blisters to the hull were visible, several layers of bottom paint and a hole the size of a fist in the bottom of the keel. Not to mention the foot of water in her hull and a high mold/mildew problem. The yard gave me a ballpark estimate of $20-30,000 to restore her hull and decks. That did not include the interior and engine.
A few weeks later, when the sailing season was beginning and the conditions were ripe for the push for me to get a bigger, better performing boat than our Catalina 22, I decided to go for it. Happy to see the boat go to an enthusiastic buyer we quickly transfered the ownership.
Thus began the year long restoration project of the hull, painful details of which can be found in my journal. The restoration will continue in 2006, when I recover from the last phase, with the deck or the interior.
A year later we happily hit the water and gladly sailed at least once a weekend for the first summer, including one solo overnight trip to Huntington, NY. Sadly, shortly after hitting the water Julius passed away. Dutches’ Treat was in attendance when his ashes were returned to the sea, for he was released to the sea at the bow of Dutches’ Treat one sunny afternoon, just off the Darien Cowes bouy.
“yet ANOTHER one” is dedicated to my wife’s grandmother Rose. The second boat name we derived from her sayings. The first being “the WEE one” for her common phrase (in her Irish broughe of course) “Can ya pour me just a wee one, please” and our course “Would you be a dear and pour me another one”.
