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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • MattM
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      I would think the mechanical side will be much easier to learn and maintain than the electrical/computer components.  Those will be tricky.

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      • mclaincauseyM
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        She's a beaut, G.

        I look forward to hearing what she (or another lucky lass should this one not work out) will be named.

        Think it, be it.

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        • SKTS
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          A heartfelt congratulations to both you and Paula. The entire endeavor sounds amazing, but the thing that is truly inspiring to me is that you both committed to taking this journey as a team and using it as a way to experience this “era” as an adventurous extension of your lives together. I’m trying to imagine my wife and I staring at a malfunctioning marine-Diesel engine and one of us not winding up being thrown overboard by the other[emoji1787].  I kid because I’m a wee bit jealous and seriously can’t wait to follow along.

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          • NikN
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            That boat looks capable! Very cool

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            • J-IVJ
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              Congratulation on making it this far Mr.G and Paula! Was delighted to hear you talk about this in the podcast. Well earned rest after a decade or so of answering our wacky questions and request.

              Boat looks solid and reminiscent of the boats I would see in Subic Bay back home. Hope it fairs well to all your plans and projects. Looks like you can store a ton of alcohol on there  😉

              I'm as ugly as you

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              • henry_davidH
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                @J-IV:

                Looks like you can store a ton of alcohol on there  😉

                😃

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                • ARNCA
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                  She looks great. Hope everything works out.

                  If she's like a "floating cottage", I'm wondering if there's a way of incorporating a (salt-tolerant) garden somewhere onboard.

                  “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                  • goosehdG
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                    Congratulations!! Very happy for you and Paula…

                    ...don't forget to get a proper marine survey.  Could save you considerably in the long run.

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    • steelworkerS
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                      @mclaincausey:

                      She's a beaut, G.

                      I look forward to hearing what she (or another lucky lass should this one not work out) will be named.

                      Better be the Paula middle initial here or there could be trouble

                      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                      Well, I have others.

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                      • mclaincauseyM
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                        @ARNC:

                        She looks great. Hope everything works out.

                        If she's like a "floating cottage", I'm wondering if there's a way of incorporating a (salt-tolerant) garden somewhere onboard.

                        100% can do indoor LED-based hydroponic gardens in a closet-sized enclosure that would provide enough greens to keep them flush with salad, or a smaller-scale operation on the kitchen counter. I have some friends doing the former with a proprietary commercial system, but it would be very easy to build one to spec.

                        Think it, be it.

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                        • jordanscollectedJ
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                          quickshot idea @Giles. You should charge @Alex $x.xx to advertise on the boat. That is, have him foot the bill for a sail with the Iron Heart Logo on it.

                          world tours:
                          888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                          Mad Red x2
                          Wabidashery

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                          • GilesG
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                            Hahahahaha, but it does not have a sail  🙂

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • jordanscollectedJ
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                              Sorry @Giles, must be a language barrier. Or I simply don't know the definition of sailing a boat. In which case I'm excited to sail my Lund bass boat in a few months time.

                              world tours:
                              888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                              Mad Red x2
                              Wabidashery

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                              • AlexA
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                                Sounds like a good deal to me… 😃

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                                • GilesG
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                                  @jordanscollected:

                                  Sorry @Giles, must be a language barrier. Or I simply don't know the definition of sailing a boat. In which case I'm excited to sail my Lund bass boat in a few months time.

                                  There's a picture of it in the first post  🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

                                  But perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a motor boat (see what I'm dealing with here, a woeful lack of any idea what I am doing)… 🙂 🙂 🙂

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    @Alex:

                                    Sounds like a good deal to me… 😃

                                    🙂 🙂 🙂

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • mclaincauseyM
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                                      Think it, be it.

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                                      • vaquero357V
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                                        …@Giles if all those jeans in @ROman's closet were Iron Heart you could afford a bigger boat! 😃

                                        …"The two best moments of owning a boat, the day you buy it and the day you sell it". 😃

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                                        • vaquero357V
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                                          …I've had subscription's to boat/ship magazine's and drooled and dreamed about doing what you're doing, bravo! bravo! 😎 Taught myself to boat and sail and have a library of books pertaining to both! 🙂

                                          My two baby's that I gave up for adoption. 😞  Onward and upward to the next obsession! 😉

                                          Boston Whaler Montauk170
                                          Flying Scot

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                                          • henry_davidH
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                                            Ah, that Boston Whaler looks wonderful, @vaquero357  😎

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