She is named after a place in Ireland: Inishnee, near Round Stone, County Galway. Inishnee means the Island of Nee in Irish. The "Nee" family of which we are part of, is from this area.
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| Sutton Bay, Michigan |
We took possession our 1987 Passport 40 July 8, 2009 in Panama City, Florida. We played with her for a long weekend, then prepared her for overland transport to our home port Saugatuck, MI. Since then, we have been retrofitting and modifying the systems on board to suit our needs for living aboard. Many hours and 'boat units' have passed under and through the kneel since then. We replaced all rigging, wiring, hoses and lines. Dripless shaft installed and all through hulls replaced. She got a new bottom, like a facial for boats, but LOTS more expensive! AIS, chart plotter, batteries and monitors added. Electronics for navigation, yippee! EPIRB and Life Raft on board. Solar panels installed. If it moved, squeaked or should have... Jim 'fixed' it. Even the kitchen opps.. 'galley' sink got a makeover.
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| waiting to launch for the final time in Saugatuck MI |
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| sailing the waters of Lake Michigan |
She is a cutter rig. New: Main Sail, Jib, Spinnaker and Storm Stay'sil.
Nothing left to do but to throw off the lines and set off for new adventures...
hope you come along for the ride
Hi guys, Merry Christmas. Hope all is well there (where ever that is.
ReplyDeleteHope to have my SSB up and running soon, would like to get in touch.
Stay in touch.
B & T
Greetings! My name is Jim Melton, and I am the keeper of the Passport database (P37, P40, P41, P42, and P47). I do not have Inishnee in my database, and I think that she might be one of the few Passport 40s that are still missing from the database.
ReplyDeleteI would be extremely grateful if you would be willing to provide the following information to help me fill in a blank in the database:
* Full hull ID (very likely of the form PYK40nnnmmyy, where nnn is the null number and mmyy is the month and year of manufacture. (I think it's possible that Inishnee is hull number 132 or 135, as those are the only two 1987 P40s that are missing from my database.)
* If she is documented by the United States Coast Guard, the documentation number.
* Her hailing port.
* Whatever contact information you're willing to provide (I will keep any or all of this contact information private upon request), including postal address, email address, phone number, whatever.
* Any information you wish to provide about Inishnee, including cabin layout, mast step, decks, prior names and owners, other history, etc. Again, if you want any of this kept private, just tell me so.
Thanks!
Jim
Hi From Australia...in 2017 i saw your boat in Crete greece ..i am originally from Inishnee and i know the knee family ...visit Inis NI facebook group...(inishnee) when are you sailing to Sydney ;-) nice harbour here and beautiful coastline ...cheers Patrick
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