Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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Heeeeeellllllll yeah, Giles! Congrats to you and Paula both. That looks like a lovely, lovely rig. I'm glad that the Pilgrim brought into sharp focus what you really want and that you didn't dally around. Stoked to see the final ship.
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Wow
Congratulations
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Pretty special that you got a tour of the place–--that had to be amazing.
And, you've got a whole year now to come up with a name. -
Cool, that looks great. You'll have so much more space. What will happen to Pilgrim?
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Pretty special that you got a tour of the place–--that had to be amazing.
And, you've got a whole year now to come up with a name.More pics of the yard…..
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Don’t know what to say that hasn’t already been said,but using @Madame Buttonfly analogy… I would think you’re up to 4 dicks by now. Congratulations!
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That's going to be incredible @Giles and @Madame Buttonfly! I'm stoked for y'all!
The specs and pictures look amazing: https://www.sasgayachts.com/en/modelos/menorquin-54-ht
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What a beaut this 54 is …
To see a boat evolving …. what a pleasure!
This calls for a full documentary @Madame Buttonfly and @Giles
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Amazing all the way round–glad you found an even better fit!
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Are there any " pimping " options ?
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We're very excited for you both. She looks great.
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We have a queue of buyers for Pilgrim….......Hoping to finalise a deal with the guys in first place next week.....Truth is, we stole her, so if we sell her at what she cost us, the new owners are also going to get a steal.....
Congrats on the Sasga, it looks amazing.
Does this mean that Pilgrim will be gone sooner, rather than later? When will you practice your skippering?
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The Sasga will take about a year to be built. We do our Day Skipper Practical on Pilgrim in July (the first dates that we and Ben - the instructor we really like - can make it), then we used Pilgrim to the max until it is time to take her out of the water. Over the winter we will do Coastal/Offshore Skipper Theory and then do Coastal Practical on The Sasga when she is back from the Med. I have told everyone who wants to buy Pilgrim that we will be in a position to sell her in March/April 2023, but I have also told Keith and (another) Paula, who are first in the queue that I am sure we can come to a sensible arrangement for them to use her when we aren't, if they commit to buying her.
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This calls for a full documentary
We plan to go over quite a lot, Menorca is lovely and inexpensive, and it is only 2 hours from here.
We want to see as many stages of the build as possible, understand the construction, how things and put together and where they are, document wiring runs, knowing where all the hidden stuff is, etc etc etc, will make us better boat owners
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Don’t know what to say that hasn’t already been said,but using @Madame Buttonfly analogy… I would think you’re up to 4 dicks by now. Congratulations!
Hahahahahaha! We're definitely both very excited people.
We love Pilgrim and are looking forward to getting lots and lots of experience on her this coming year, the trip to the Channel Isles in late April (weather permitting) will be great fun, not least because we'll be celebrating Sarah's 50th birthday whilst away (wife of @Ian72 and one of my closest friends). We both want to learn as much as possible so that we have some idea of what we're doing before the practical day skipper course in July.
The Sasga Menorquin 54HT is something else, she will be our beautiful holiday home with changing views from the windows
There are (of course) plenty of spending opportunities with pimping the boat, extra "toys" and more, I am trying to rein Giles in, it's not easy…
