Longtime sailors Ed Muir and his wife, Cory, were looking to navigate to the next phase of their maritime life onboard a power cruiser and set their sights on a Pilgrim 40. However, only 41 Pilgrim 40s were built during its seven-year production run at Ontario, Canada’s North Castle Marine, with the last boat splashing 36 years ago.
Muir’s book, A Squadron of Characters: The Story of One Couple’s Journey to Find and Buy for Them the Right Coastal Cruising Boat takes readers from the Chesapeake and southern California to New York and Canada’s inland waterways, all in search of their dream boat.
The couple talk about the highs of finding a rare Pilgrim for sale and the lows of walking away from several boats for a myriad of reasons, thus starting their search anew. After a multiyear process, the couple take ownership of Encore, their Pilgrim 40, thus joining the squadron.
