HULL # 153

TWIZE

History of Pearson Renegade Hull Number 153. I have pieced together the following history of my renegade, through the paperwork that came with the boat and what I know from owning the boat twice. Hull #153 was orginally commissioned on April 25, 1969. The boat was purchased from Nichols Orient Yacht Sales in Mamaroneck, New York by Mr. John S. Kaufman of Scarsdale, New York. The boat was named "Escapade" Mr. John S. Kaufman sold the boat to Dr. Mendell of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Boat was renamed "Serenity" hailing out of Marion, Mass. The Boat was subsequently moored in Mattapoisett Harbor. During Hurricane Bob in 1991, Serenity broke free of its mooring and went ashore on a front lawn of a house located at the bottpm of Ship Street, Mattapoisett. ( I was in high school at the time and took pictures of the boats that had washed ashore, including a picture of Serenity) Serenity was placed on the hard at the Mattapoisett Boat Yard. During the early spring of 1994, I was driving through the boatyard on a blustery day with my new bride and we picked up a listing sheet, and noticed a 27 pearson listed. I called the boatyard and viewed the boat. I was told the boat had been in storage since going ashore in Hurricane Bob. Serenity was in tough shape. She had been left uncovered for 3 years, and her wounds from washing ashore were untouched. I found a bent rudder shaft and damaged gelcoat on the port side where she layed over. The Atomic bomb in her bowels had never been winterized. Since I was young and stupid, but slick enough to convince my new wife that we needed a sailboat, I made an offer, which was promptly accepted ( I think back now and realized I payed to much. Anyway, love at first sight, I will get to the renovations later. My wife and I, renamed 153 "Zeil", I'll skip the reason, anyway we sailed Ziel for four years, then mother nature decided it was time to throw grownup stuff at us and we had our first true baby. Needless to say we did try sailing with an infant. No go, so the boat had to. We decided that it was easier to give up Ziel than keep it. We reluctantly sold her on XXXXXXXXXXX to Mr. Harry R. Dunham, who renamed her "Lady Robin" and sailed her for two years out of Fall River, Ma. Harry apparently had a little website for "Lady Robin" which I never viewed. On May 3, 2001 Harry R. Dunham sold #153 to Jonathan Handleman of Cape Elizabeth Maine. Jon named the boat "Cupcake" and sailed her for 4 seasons out of Freeport ME. HERE"S WHERE I COME IN AGAIN On April 5, 2001, while playing on the internet (while at work of course) I happened upon Mike Lehmkuhl's Pearson Renegade Website: www.renegade27.org. as I looked through the site I checked out the boats for sail section. I noticed that #153 was for sale in Maine. From the best of my memory I owned hull 135 but I was not sure so I had to dig out my old paperwork (I save everthing). On April 5, 2005 I contacted Jon by email checking to see if the boat was still available and if he could give me more information. He emailed me back with pictures. From the exterior shots I was unsure, It was the inside shots that confirmed it was my boat, shortly thereafter I located my paperwork and confirmed the hull number. Now it gets interesting. I did not rush to tell Jon I was buying my boat back, you never want to seem to anxious. I emailed Jon with a offer, sight unseen, he emailed back with a counteroffer, which I promptly accepted. Over the course of the following week we finalized the purchase and sale. It was only after the paperwork was signed that I let my secret out with Jon. I emailed him the picture that is on the Frontpage of the Website.( The picture is Hull Number 153, racing in the 25th Figawi Race, No I didn't win my class, its the drunken effort that counts). Jon called me back and we had a good laugh. I finally had Cupcake picked up by Brownell Systems and returned to Mattapoisett, MA. As the boat was being delivered I called my wife and kids out to see the "Cupcake" I purchased. Boy was my wife mad. After she got over the initial shock, she did not believe that it was our old boat, we had to board the boat so we could see inside. She could not believe I found it. After a lenghty discussion about the name we should bestow on Hull 153 for the sixth time, we decided on "TWIZE", as in we owed it twize (yes with a Z, in rememberence of her old name). ( I sure I am in an elite group of people who are stupid enough to by the same boat twice.)