On July 30th, 2005, I found myself in Vallejo, California holding the title to my new sailboat and wondering what the hell to do next. I'd never had my own boat before - all my sailing, all my experience on the water (what of it I had) had been in others' boats. Now Nevermind was mine. What was I supposed to do? I was the awkward father with the new daughter, trying not to drop her and hoping that it wasn't time for a diaper change. Somehow since then I've stumbled through boat ownership, learning along the way, putting in a lot of hard work, and having some amazing adventures. This website is the story of me and S/V Nevermind.

Nevermind is a type of sailboat called a Pearson Triton. These days few sailboats have names like this. Instead, we just name most boats by their length: J-100, Alerion 28, Swan 42. But in 1963 when Nevermind was built, Pearson Yachts had names for all their boats, and the 28 footer was the Triton. The Triton was one of the first production fiberglass boats and was designed by the naval architect Carl Alberg. To me, the Triton has a balanced, classic look, a great reputation for ruggedness and good sailing qualities, and an unusual feature for a boat of her size: headroom of 6'2" (in some places even more) in the main salon. For a 6'4" guy like me, that headroom is important.

Of the Tritons, Nevermind is hull number 450 (about 708 Tritons were made), and was built in Sausalito, California by Aeromarine under contract with Pearson Yachts. She's a full keel sloop, fractionally rigged, and last time she was hauled the lift measured her at about 9000 lbs. displacement. Nevermind is a sailboat and sails most of the time, but she also has a 10 HP Westerbeke diesel auxiliary, GPS, VHF, a depth sounder, electronic autotiller, compass, and knotmeter. Waterline length is about 21 feet and hull speed, when upright, is somewhat over 6 knots. Heeled a bit, I see seven knots quite often in good wind.

Nevermind has some history: she was featured on page 96 of Diane Beeston's Of Wind, Fog, and Sail: Sailing on San Francisco Bay,a wonderful black-and-white coffee table pictorial published in 1972. She had the name then, and she still has it now. How she got the name is a mystery...if you ever knew the boat in years past, please drop me a line! She is currently berthed at Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California.

Pictures of Nevermind