{"id":52083,"date":"2020-06-29T18:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T22:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=52083"},"modified":"2023-05-08T08:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T12:23:34","slug":"cruising-with-sabre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/story\/cruising-and-chartering\/cruising-with-sabre\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruising with Sabre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n True East on the hook in Kosterhavet National Park in Fj\u00e4llbacka, Sweden.<\/span>\n Courtesy Dan Prigmore<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n

When Dan Prigmore and Marcia Hayes pulled their Sabre 48 True East up to a hand-operated lock in Norway\u2019s Telemark Canal this past July, they received an extremely enthusiastic greeting from the senior lockmaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe asked: \u2018Can I come on the boat and get a picture with your flag? I\u2019ve been at this job 16 years, and this is the first American boat I\u2019ve ever seen,\u2019\u201d Prigmore says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Since launching True East in 2012, the veteran cruising couple from Coconut Grove, Florida, has taken great pride in voyaging beyond the beaten cruising waypoints. They\u2019ve logged more than 35,000 miles on True East, exploring nautical nooks and crannies from Alaska to the Canadian Maritimes, Sardinia to Sweden, with Hayes\u2019 Chihuahua-terrier rescue dog, Lola, along for the ride and the frequent company of friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we first met and Dan asked me how I felt about boats, I said, \u2018Let\u2019s put it this way: My absolute favorite thing is to be either in the water, on the water, next to the water, or coming and going to the water,\u2019\u201d Hayes says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

A lifetime boater, Prigmore commuted for a while from his summer home in Hull, Massachusetts, to his office in Boston aboard Johanna, a 30-foot twin-engine Hacker-Craft christened with his mother\u2019s middle name. He also logged 30,000 miles on Canim, a 1930 Ted Geary-designed 96-foot motoryacht he had restored. After Prigmore met Hayes, the couple cruised along the Maine coast and elsewhere aboard Prigmore\u2019s 32-foot Legacy, True South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe spent two summers up in New England, where Dan is from and has lots of friends who have boats,\u201d Hayes says. \u201cEveryone kept asking us, \u2018When are you going to buy a place up here?\u2019 But Dan and I both agreed we couldn\u2019t decide on one place. What we really wanted was to be able to cruise on a boat but have company join us. That was the inspiration for buying a two-cabin boat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

They made the rounds of boat shows in the United States and Europe, checklist in hand. \u201cWe wanted a boat with two equal cabins with en suite heads and a separate shower,\u201d Prigmore says. \u201cIt had to be under 50 feet, run-and-hide capable, American-made with classic lines. The Sabre 48 was exactly what we wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

The clincher was the lower stateroom, whose head serves as a day-head for guests and whose sleeping area becomes stowage during long voyages. That stateroom also holds a washer and dryer. They converted the queen berth to a twin and fitted the extra space with a wire-rack stowage unit. Foldable bikes and an inflatable kayak stay down there, as do a refrigerator for food stowage\u2014second to the one in the galley\u2014and an average of 10 cases of wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Their favorite scenery, by far, has been during their Alaska voyages, where they\u2019ve even scooped up some ice to mix glacial martinis while watching the wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you get up into Tracy Arm at the right time of year, the seals give birth on the ice floes to keep their pups away from the orcas,\u201d Prigmore says. \u201cYou have a ton of eagles overhead and whales nudging around the edges. You\u2019re floating in ice. It\u2019s unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

While True East\u2019s 550 hp Cummins diesels provide the power Prigmore needs in rough crossings\u2014such as from Newfoundland to Cape Breton in Canada, and from Italy\u2019s Sardinia to Spain\u2019s Mallorca in the Mediterranean\u2014the couple prefers to keep things in a lower gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe like to nudge our way through tight passages where you have to pay attention, but it\u2019s more interesting than going 50 miles per hour 24\/7 offshore,\u201d Prigmore says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

They were charmed by the Mediterranean\u2019s Rhone-Rhine Canal, where they just barely squeezed under the bridges and through as many as 25 locks in one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d swear Marcia walked halfway across France,\u201d Prigmore says. \u201cThere was usually a beautiful path next to the canal, so she\u2019d walk with the dog, Lola, while I drove the boat.\u201d As she strolled past abandoned lockmasters\u2019 houses, Hayes picked sun-ripened pears, peaches and plums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

True East\u2019s next plum itinerary, starting in May, will depart from Sweden and head east to the Baltics, then explore the coast of Poland and the Mecklenburg Lakes region of Germany. Prigmore, Hayes and Lola expect to be together at the helm, keeping True East on course, for their next great adventure.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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