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"Murre"
1972 Mariner 31, Hull# 150
Owners; Randall Reeves and Joanna Bloor, San Fransisco, Ca. USA

"Murre" is for sale. To see her listing, click here.
To learn more about Murre's adventures, go to Murre and the Pacific 


Jo and I bought our Mariner in 2001. We threw caution to the wind and renamed her Murre after the compact, slow flying but strong swimming sea birds that breed in our waters. A sort of penguin, Murres can be seen along the coast bobbing comfortably in the worst of weathers, and so seemed a fitting epithet for our tough little boat.

Hull 150, Circa 1974

Anchored Drake’s Bay with Cormorants, Summer 2002

Complete deck and cabin side rebuild, Winter 2003/04

Murre sailing herself in San Pablo Bay, Summer 2004

Anchored mouth of Petaluma River, Summer 2005

Under wraps for the cockpit rebuild, Winter 2005/06

Reaching in Raccoon Straits, Summer 2006

And introducing Coot, a Bolger Tortoise, known in formal circles by the appellation “La Coot du Murre”.