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Lots of boats come to Oriental, some tie up at the Town Dock for a night or two, others drop anchor in the harbor for a while. If you've spent any time on the water you know that every boat has a story. The Shipping News on TownDock.net brings you the stories of the boats that have visited recently.
May 7, 2010
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The Poormon family is living the dash. “On a tombstone, it’s the line between the date you were born and the date you died” says Todd Poormon, “now that’s how you live the years between those two dates… that’s living the dash.” For most of us, living the dash may mean decades of commuting to the office. For the family of three aboard the “Exposition”, it has meant reviving an abandoned boat and fueling their voyage with a mixture of odd jobs, improvisation and the occasional bit of loot plucked from the anchorage.
Sailing the dash: Todd, Maria and Kim Poormon with collie “Bud” at the town dock.Todd and Kim have known each other since they were teenagers and met at a carnival. Both grew up in New York state – he in Waterloo, she in Seneca Falls. They later moved to Holly Hills, near Daytona, Florida, where they own a home. For the past three years they and their daughter Maria have traveled by boat between Florida and New York because, as Todd says,“I’m 45” and “want to do it now while I have the exuberance”.
Exuberance. It’s what fuels the Poormon’s voyage.
Take their vessel “Exposition”.
Exposition.Todd found the 32-foot fiberglass cutter three years ago in the Gulf Port, Florida municipal anchorage. The boat was in a semi-abandoned state – the underwater part of the hull covered in three years’ worth of marine growth. The vessel was in such poor repair, there was concern it could sink at anchor, creating a hazard to navigation. So Todd struck a deal with her owner. If the engine started and the vessel could “move the boat fore and aft” Todd would buy her.
The engine started. The vessel moved. Todd bought her for “a heck of a deal” and the adventure began.
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Posted Friday May 7, 2010 by Bernie Harberts
