After visits to Port Carmen, Danao and Cebu Yacht Club, Mactan Island, both on Cebu; and Port Bonbonon, Tambobo Bay, Negros Oriental we were unsuccessful in our search for a viable boat. We continued the search for potential boat candidates on the internet.
By sheer chance a general internet search identified an interesting sailboat candidate - something called a True North 34.
The following pictures were illustrated on Indra's advertisement.
The descriptions and pictures presented what appeared to be a boat in possibly decent condition. It was about the right size (small) for what we were searching for. The listed price of Australian $73,950 converted to US $57,138.20 - seemed a tad high for a boat of this vintage. The location was not ideal, but it was really not that far from our location in Naga City, Cebu.
I shared this discovery with my wife and daughter and they both liked what they saw.
Next step was to start researching all aspects of this boat, its location, and owners.
