Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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Wow! Wow! Wo! You salty sea dogs you! What an amazing adventure awaits! Good luck to you wonderful pair in the quest for the right boat and an adventurous retirement. Much love [emoji3590]
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We popped into Sasga to tie up a few loose ends this morning. I grabbed a couple of images of the stockroom for @goosehd , because I know he understands that this sort of tidiness and organisation spills over into every aspect of the build….
And a photo of a previous generation Sasga we saw last night, loved her reflection…
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Really impressive that it's that organized and speaks volumes about the pride that goes into working there. In my mind that correlates to the overall build quality of the boat and the fact the storeroom (which I assume most customers don't/can't access) is that neat means they haven't cleaned up just for your visit.
I really think you're going to get a top level build and are dealing with a great outfit.
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The insurance company don't give a shit about the boat, just our ability to avoid writing it, or something more expensive, off…..
We had planned to pick her up the last week of April, but for complicated reasons (American friends who have been trying to get to see us since 2020 - thanks Covid) we are trying to delay until mid May.
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You mean like this…
He's just anti fouling it…
and the boat coming in is going to do some James Bond move and get it back in the water for him.
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It's freezing but otherwise perfect, sunny with no wind. So we thought we'd go for a spin…..
what is this?
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Great day for it @Giles and @Madame Buttonfly I was out walking Chicken around Portchester Castle today, might have seen you
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In the middle of last year, @Madame Buttonfly had a go on the current tender. It is small, underpowered and has a tiller. Let’s just say, after about 5 minutes she asked me to take the helm, it was not her finest hour.
There is, of course, a silver lining in every cloud. I was given permission there and then to significantly up the budget for a tender for SAKURA as long as it had a steering wheel.
I got a mail today, it is ready, but they will hold until SAKURA is back in UK.
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@Nik Porchester Castle is a fine place for a walk, love it there, and obviously so does Chicken - bless him
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Six days in a classroom starts in one hour for me and @Madame Buttonfly - Sometimes (well quite often), I question my sanity….
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This will embarrass @Madame Buttonfly , but Jesus, is she owning this course? Yesterday, we did the second of two exams, it was on chartwork (Running Fixes, Estimated Position, Dead Reckoning, Course to Steer etc…..) It was long and very hard, but I was confident that I would pass, I knew I would make a few stupid and careless errors, because that is my way. I finished first and got a "solid work Giles" comment from the instructor, Paula took a bit (well actually a lot
) longer, but basically got 100%, she transposed one number by mistake, and her answers were so close to perfect, it really defied belief. I am so freakin proud of her. Oh, and in the earlier exam on lights, rules of the road etc, she did better than me too....We have one more assessment to do today, but we've basically been told we can't fail now. So we went out for a beer with the instructor after class yesterday. I bought this....
