Pensacola FL Sailing Blog - sailingnightwatch

Monday dawned as beautiful as the first two days of the weekend.  When we came into the anchorage we notice another Durbeck at anchorage.  It had a total different look then our “Great Cabin” configuration.  All of these boats were “one off built” and therefore are never exactly alike.  This one was not even close to our layout.  About 8:30, I heard a knock on the hull and it is the owner of the other Durbeck.  We talked a little while and asked if he would like a tour and he said he would but need to get his wife because she would also be interested.  We therefore swapped tours.  They have been cruising on and off for 20 years and were returning to south Florida from a trip up the Ten-Tom and Ohio river to Pittsburg.  It is always a joy to meet cruisers and it was to bad that we had to cut it short because of the 5-6 hour return trip to our slip.  I have to turn my boat 270 degrees to get into my slip and with the loss of daylight savings time did not want to do that in the dark.   It was good meeting and talking with Larry and Carolyn.  He was a wealth of information about where to get parts that are no longer made and other information that was particular to the care and feeding of a Durbeck.