Own-Her-Ship
It's one thing to be a Captain. It's another to be a Captain/Owner. I've poured hours and years into boats since 1992 and I've even loved a few. But there's nothing like buying a boat, feeling the transfer of responsibility from the previous owner to you. It's a commitment I'd never made before, not fully. When I wrote the check for Pax, I felt the stirring of something new, something primal. It was like the first draft of a breeze, when the sun comes up. A new day is ahead. Night is ending. Warmth, weather, color and all the energy of the waking world starts its crescendo. As I drove the former owner, a young man who'd spent 8 years with Pax and was now off on a voyage in art, an MFA, to the Port Angeles to Victoria ferry, we talked as if we'd known each other for decades. There's a history in boats and a solemnity between owners connected through the heart. I now own a boat and her name is Pax. A 1936 Danish Spidsgatter. Latin for Peace.
The immediate effects of ownership have been responsibility, freedom & peace. Check the gallery for the latest news on Pax.
Kaci Cronkhite
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