More than a few years ago my wife Carey and I were looking to move up from our O’Day 25 to something a little larger, “two-foot-itis fever” had set in. With our daughter Nicky, we had sailed the O’Day along the coast of British Columbia for eight fabulous years. She was now attaining teenage years and we needed more room! We had visited boat shows to get ideas, scoured magazine listings, and climbed aboard some fairly musty boats without success. An advertisement in a local sailing magazine caught our eye, a 1978 Islander Bahama 30 at a price we could almost afford. We made the ferry trek to the broker on Vancouver Island and, as is typical, Carey and Nicky dove below to check out the interior. I climbed on deck to check out the sailing gear. With no apparent surprises on deck, I dropped below to join the girls. A voluminous interior greeted me through a wide companionway. Far more room than the O’Day, and with a similar layout that sold us on the O’Day. We were sold!
