Oh for goodness sake, I thought Fred was only this obtuse at home! It's not that dramatic, we're getting the 25' Nomad from Les. I saw it last weekend as we were returning from Cornet Bay and said, "Hey, all the other kids are getting bigger boats and darnit I want one too!"
It was the icy dock and 1/4 mile walk to the loo in Everett at Christmas that did it. Too many :cocktail and a portapottie... You know the rest.
I do hope someone finds the Anita Marie as special as we do... It will be very hard to let her go after all the work Fred's done. I suspect that's where the "heavy heart" rhetoric came from.
I'll post pictures on the Anita Marie album (we'll keep the name) shortly.