Christmas is coming and one boat at the marina seems to have got into the Christmas Spirit (not ours just in case you are wondering). Christmas at Haslar Marina We have now had Island Girl just over a month so some of you might be wondering how we are getting on. We have spent about 10 nights on the boat over the last seven weeks cleaning, carrying out small maintenance jobs and getting quotes for some of the larger jobs. We have not yet been out sailing but we did decide to get a day training on moving the boat around the marina under the engine, the main thing we learnt that the boat needs care when reversing as it takes… Read More
Continue ReadingOur Boat
We have found a boat that we think will meet our needs for the next few years. We have purchased an Island Packet 35 “Island Girl”. Having had a sea trial we took ownership on Friday 19th October and spent the weekend starting to sort the boat out. We have not been out sailing at the weekend but did venture out into Portsmouth Harbour to go to the fuel dock. (The picture below was taken after this trip to prove that we got back in one piece.) The boat was launched in 1990 but is in pretty good shape, it has good living accommodation and as a long keel boat should be comfortable when making passages. We… Read More
Continue ReadingThe hunt for a boat may be at an end
We have enjoyed the excuse over the last few months to travel around the UK looking at boats, we have even had good weather and palm trees as you can see. Almost sorry that the excuse to visit different parts of the coast and look over other people’s boats each week has gone away. We are in the process of finalising the purchase of a boat, I do not want to say too much until the deal is finalised and the boat is ours but keep watching and we post details latter we hope that the boat will be ours before the end of the month.
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