You will experience an average family building their dream together...

After a long time we narrowed our selection to two boats found in the Glen-L catalog.  The sleek Raven, and the homely Gypsy.  The Raven had it all.  She was a 27 ft. trailerable cabin cruiser with sleek lines.  The cabin had nice berthing, galley and head.  I could see myself coming into dock as all drooled over my mini yacht.  The Gypsy on the other hand had all except looks.  She was a homely boat but very practical.  She did have a very shallow draft, which I wanted for the Florida lakes.  Also, the Gypsy could be used as a camper, and I thought the layout was more practical for a family with children.  So, with the children chanting, "Raven, Raven," I picked up the phone and ordered the Gypsy!  I never regretted this decision, and soon the family came to love the homely Gypsy that we christened "Fair Havens."

To the excitement of the dreams reality!

That night the crew wanted to sleep on the bow porch, which I agreed to.  I noticed as I went to bed that along the shoreline you could hear small minnows splashing.   So we fell asleep with a gentle rocking of the boat and the soothing splash of those minnows.  Around 4 A.M.  I awoke and noticed the splashing of the minnows was very close, so I tried to get up to investigate.   However, I couldn’t sit up, because the bow of the boat was angled down.   Still being half asleep, the thought came to me that I should not have let the crew sleep on the bow porch, because their weight was pulling the bow down.   Then I jolted awake with the realization that something was terribly wrong!