Several years ago, I reconnected with a college boyfriend who read about me in Latitude 38. Sean took me sailing on his fixer upper, handyman special Gozzard 37. To someone walking by Yume on the dock, they might not have thought she was pretty or fast. But she was a diamond in the rough. Yume treated Sean and I to a wonderful day of sailing, reminiscing, and laughter.
For one reason or many, Sean never got around to fixing her up. He sold her for more than he originally paid to another person with great intentions of returning Yume to her former glory. Although I still keep in touch and go sailing with Sean, I didn't really think about Yume after that day....
Until I bought Adrenalin, a Santa Cruz 50. While preparing for the Pacific Cup, I noticed that two small pieces of the floor boards were a deeper color with more patina. As fate would have it, Adrenalin's prior owners had made wooden plugs to cover the hole where the cruising table would live. They recycled the honeyed teak and holly from some old abandoned boat at Berkeley Marine.
Slowly, I turned over the two pieces of wood. Written on the back in black ink they read: "Parts from Yume. Back at sea."
Today, as Team Adrenalin is racing across the Pacific to Kaneohe, Oahu, Yume has never looked so pretty and been so fast. Yume. Always with you. Always with me.
PeaceOut, ShanaCruz50
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