Ahhh, the excited anticipation together with a certain amount of trepidation was what occupied my thoughts when I awoke this morning. It wasn’t raining and it was time to set sail for the first time since buying the tug. What could be better!! Bit windy but it’ll be fine. The forecast said as much so …
A week in Weymouth
Hi, long time no chat ... We've been in Weymouth for just over a week and the good news is ..... I've got my appetite back 🐷🐷 We've done some exploring around Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester ... eating plenty of cake and lots of coffee. We've waded through the recommendations from the lovely Hayley (mainly …
Captains Blog
Captains Blog - star date 31-3-2018 Having had a quick look at the weather forecast and deciding we had enough milk for tea and coffee, I ordered asked the first mate to make ready Gianti for departure on the morning of the 29th March. We left in cold but relatively calm conditions. Umm, it didn’t …
Adieu, adieu, so long, farewell, goodbyeeeee
The goodbyes have begun, with a leaving do for work and a lovely Sunday lunch at the Hammer & Pincers with our friends & neighbours. Mandy made us this awesome Gianti cake, complete with sugar paste Trev & Sarah.
Provisioning a boat .. the Water Plus Way
I finished work yesterday and have been thoroughly spoilt by my brilliant friends and colleagues. The champagne and gin essentials for the boat are looking in pretty good shape right about now😜😜 I've made some true friends at W+ and have had one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my life there. I'll …
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She floats … Launch Day part 1
The link below shows the boat launch. She's in, but I had a call from Trev to say there was some seepage ... not a word that has any positive connotations ... ever!! The link shows the launch ...more details to follow https://youtu.be/SGf2GgL5K-M
So much to do … the plan takes shape
So I'm sitting at work having a mild panic at the enormity of what needs to happen for this to work. Current mood 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲 We've had a productive few days with a letting agent coming to see the house, sorting through paperwork and clothing. We've set a date as to when we leave Swannick marina …
Happy New Year .. welcome to 2018
So it's been a month since we last posted and here's what's happened. Through skin fittings have been removed and replaced (almost), fenders removed and cleaned, new fenders sourced, we've had a weekend cleaning the boat and taking an inventory of everything on it. Everything is Jeanneau branded, crockery, cutlery, cleaning kits & sails! There …
4 days dry docked
So we're off down to Gianti today, having taken a few days off work to get things sorted. Trev's had an overnight stay already, but this is the first time I've been on her since we saw her. She's dry docked, so all access is via a long, long ladder 😨😨😨 I'm a little worried …
She’s ours
Sooo, it's been a while .. we've been busy getting the survey report done and working with our broker to move it forward. Yesterday we finally heard that Gianti is officially ours so now we have to start on the big list of things to sort out before we can start our adventure. Thee are …
Our Big Boaty Adventure 