My First Sailboat
Cinamon Girl was my first sailboat. She was a 24 foot Columbia Challenger from the mid 60's. I can't explain the pride in ownership I experienced with this first foray into sailboat ownership. The Columbia Challenger is a full keel fiberglass hull with wooden interior. She had an AC refrigerator so I always had cold beer and diet cokes when I came to visit her. I think that she originally had come with a sink but that had been removed and replaced with a nicely done blue ceramic tile countertop.