Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[SKT]

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.

[Nik]

That boat looks capable! Very cool

[J-IV]

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 

[henry_david]

@J-IV:

Looks like you can store a ton of alcohol on there 

[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.

[goosehd]

Congratulations!! Very happy for you and Paula…

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

[steelworker]

@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

[mclaincausey]

@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.

[jordanscollected]

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.

[Giles]

Hahahahaha, but it does not have a sail 

[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.

[Alex]

Sounds like a good deal to me…

[Giles]

@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)…

[Giles]

@Alex:

Sounds like a good deal to me…

[mclaincausey]

[vaquero357]

…@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".

[vaquero357]

…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

[henry_david]

Ah, that Boston Whaler looks wonderful, @vaquero357 

[vaquero357]

…thanks @henry_david! The Killer!   @Giles they must never stop 'polishing and waxing' on those big boats! :o  Hope your shoulders are in good shape!

[68degreesorless]

Congratulations! Wishing you both the best of luck. I admire your courage and curiosity.