The Discovery
We found her in the back of a boatyard in Iroquois Ontario. She had not been sailed for a year and her owner had his hands full with three other boats in his fleet. She is a project boat but primarily in need of a good cleaning and some basic maintenance. Debbie and I had been looking for the perfect cruising boat. I had always liked the look and layout of a Niagara 35. This Mark Ellis design was all I ever wanted in a boat but it had a few shortcomings. First of all the N35 had balsa core within the hull below the waterline. Secondly the N35 had a draft over 5 feet. This would limit us from tucking into the inner harbor at our favorite destination, Main Duck Island on Lake Ontario. We discovered the Aloha for sale on the internet and after a short investigation we discovered that this vessel was all that we liked in the Niagara but had a shallow draft and a solid hull and it was also designed by Mark Ellis. The Aloha is actually a smaller version of the Niagara 35. We quickly arranged to pay her a visit.
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We found her in the back of a boatyard in Iroquois Ontario. She had not been sailed for a year and her owner had his hands full with three other boats in his fleet. She is a project boat but primarily in need of a good cleaning and some basic maintenance. Debbie and I had been looking for the perfect cruising boat. I had always liked the look and layout of a Niagara 35. This Mark Ellis design was all I ever wanted in a boat but it had a few shortcomings. First of all the N35 had balsa core within the hull below the waterline. Secondly the N35 had a draft over 5 feet. This would limit us from tucking into the inner harbor at our favorite destination, Main Duck Island on Lake Ontario. We discovered the Aloha for sale on the internet and after a short investigation we discovered that this vessel was all that we liked in the Niagara but had a shallow draft and a solid hull and it was also designed by Mark Ellis. The Aloha is actually a smaller version of the Niagara 35. We quickly arranged to pay her a visit.
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