A bullet point account of how we set about swapping Gianti for something a little larger to take us on the next phase of Our Big Boaty Adventure: Find a boat. Preferably one that’s afloat or can float.Make sure your chosen boat is for sale. If not, convince the current owners that it no longer …
Sailing tuition from a giant, successful syrup sponge pudding and Gary
We're nearing our finish time at the marina in Weymouth, though we have had to extend this a little in order to finish some jobs on Gianti. Over the past few weeks we took out the boat for a little sail and thought we would benefit from some tuition and guidance from the lovely Will …
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Suns out … sails up
We played around with the new Go Pro on our adventures today ... click the link below to see the video of our first sail. quik.gopro.com/v/2RLKRNLFeK/
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
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 …
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 …
Thermal cookers and boat meals
I'm writing this as I sit on our sofa, in front of the fire watching Return of the King (for the umpteenth time), stuffed to the gills with chicken in cider cooked in our thermal cooker. I'm a little bit in love with my Mr D's thermal cooker and think I've managed to convince Trev …
The survey
.. so after our last post where we'd placed an offer on the boat. We had a response by 9 am he following morning, and had the survey completed the next week. Trev used this as a brilliant way to get to know the boat, with all of her faults. The rigging needs replacing, the …
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