By The Way 

We do go sailing quite often.

General Information

Background

Our boat is a 1979 Columbia 8.3 meter sloop that we purchased in 1987. The name that came with the boat is La Yu which is usually translated as "hot sauce", a peppery sauce. We kept the name and proudly display it on the transom.

Interior Arrangement

These views of the interior of our 1979 Columbia 8.3 are from the company sales brochure. They should assist the reader in orientation for the various items that are described. Some details in the plan have been revised to reflect the changes that we have made in the head, saloon and galley areas.

We bought this boat in 1987. It had been well maintained by the first owner and we had no big issues with boat. The fact that this boat has always been in fresh water and our limited sailing season in Michigan have kept this boat young. Slowly, we began to notice things that needed attention or could stand improvement.

“there is nothing. absolutely nothing that half so much is worth doing as messing about in boats”

Kenneth Grahame

Wind in the Willows