The wonderful exploits of the 16-year-old Jessica Watson going around the world solo, more recently, the Laura Dekker story, and so many others remind me of my own desire at their age to do the same. Of course, it never happened. But the next best thing is to have many Tanton's designed boats to make the trip of a lifetime. One of them is the StarCruiser. Now named Lunacy, the owner for a few years is Charles Doane, an editor for Sail Magazine. I found his own blog interesting, with the many different segments of articles, and the fact that Charles really knows about boats.
www.wavetrain.net/the-lunacy-report
A little side story:
The boat was built in Canada. On an inspection trip, while the boat was being built, I arrived at the Canadian border coming from New-York State. The Customs Officer asked me what I had in this copper tube, looking like a bazooka in the back of the car. I said " A roll of plans for a boat I am having built in Kingston, Ontario, and that I am the yacht architect. Looking suspiciously at the large-scale drawings, he raised his voice with authority to say: " How come for a boat built in Canada, the boat building company is not using a Canadian Architect? " Of course, I had no answer to this question, nor would I know how to give an explanation about International Trade to a Customs Officer who should know better. He added, " You have to leave the drawings here; you can pick them up on your way back."
Dumbfounded silence followed. I was on my way.Fortunately, I had sent a set of the plans by regular mail, and they were at the Metal Craft facility when I arrived. You never know about boats! Just another Boat Story.
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