A story about broken things
A pirate. A rescue dog. A hurricane-wrecked catamaran.
None of them were supposed to make it.
Mike has Ankylosing Spondylitis. At 15, his hip collapsed. By 29, he couldn't walk. 102 pounds, on a cane, told he'd never recover. Five years later, he was rebuilding a million-dollar catamaran everyone said was done for.
Dilly was abandoned at the vet with cancer. They were going to put her down. Mike saw a fighter and brought her home to the boat. Today, Dilly is cancer-free!
A million-dollar catamaran tossed by a hurricane, abandoned in the shipyard. 26-foot hole in the hull. Engines ejected. Mast wrapped around the frame. Everyone who looked at her said: unrepairable. Mike bought her for $7,000 and promised her the ocean. Four months later, she was floating.
The boat is a performance catamaran that sails at 20 knots
The Journey: First, Make Her Seaworthy
Right now, Pirate Boat floats. She's a home. But she's not ready for open ocean. Not yet.
The goal is to get her there. To take this hurricane-wrecked catamaran that everyone wrote off and prove she can handle blue water.
Seaworthiness Meter
Critical Systems Status:
See Where She Takes Us
The dream? Sail her around the world. Take a broken boat, a broken dog, and a broken captain and just... go. Raise hell and awareness for Ankylosing Spondylitis along the way.
Join the crew.
We're raising hell - and awareness for Ankylosing Spondylitis
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