My wife and I met where she spent summers and I lived, Higgins Lake Michigan. We bought our first boat after I moved to Cleveland, OH...

One Saturday afternoon my wife and I were aboard having a cocktail after an absolutely beautiful day sailing on Lake Erie. The sun was setting over Edgewater Park, other boaters were coming in after a day on the water. We looked around and at nearly the same time commented, "...this is nice, but I miss Higgins..." Well the spark of recognition exploded in my wife's eyes, and I new we had a name for our (not so) new boat!

We have owned two boats named miss Higgins. The original was a Catalina 30 Tall Rig W/Bow Sprit. It's number was 3251. It is a 1983 model. And the current miss Higgins is Catalina 36 #448, 1985.

- Ric Blamer