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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • ROmanR
      ROman
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      Best of luck with the survey today. I'm sure it will go great.

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      • GilesG
        Giles
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        Thank you Sam.  Excited…..

        "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
          Giles
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          We've bought a boat.

          The survey was on the whole brilliant.  A Couple of lights don't work, but could just be as basic as a dead light bulb or a blown fuse.

          More concerning (which just means we'll need to throw some money at it), is that the copper-coated bottom is blistering slightly, probably because some mistakes were made in its application.

          I could probably have negotiated the vendor down a bit, but we paid £40K under the initial asking price, think we have a steal (2 sets of people want to buy it off us already  🙂 ), and I want to stay friends with him, so I did not bother.

          "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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          • S
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            Huzzah!! [emoji3590]

            Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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            • popvultureP
              popvulture
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              Damn, that all sounds fantastic — seems y'all got a great deal. Here's to starting off the retirement adventure ahead of the curve!

              WTB
              IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
              Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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              • henry_davidH
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                Damn good looking rig, @Giles. Congrats!

                How much time from now until you think it'll be all sorted/repaired and ready for the inaugural trip?

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  I'll bring it to Gosport next week (I hope) with the current owner. That way we will start to learn some of her systems.

                  A condition of our insurance is that we have someone on board, when underway, who has a minimum of RYA Day Skipper:

                  https://www.navathome.com/course_structure_sail.aspx?gclid=CjwKCAiAgbiQBhAHEiwAuQ6BkgCy97PuV6NQsrZDzLhU_1FOlEl_DZ2ny2QPKAIFliETlkrgxTB4hBoCMAgQAvD_BwE

                  We have the Day Skipper theory booked for mid-March, and I guess we will have done the practical part, and be qualified by June.

                  So we will probably do a load of trips, but always with someone who knows what they're doing until we get qualified.

                  Regarding sorting and repairs….There is nothing that will stop us using the boat immediately.  The lights need fixing, but as long as we don't go out after dark we are fine.  The Copper Coat, we'll leave until next winter, it was like it when it was surveyed a year ago and has not got a whole lot worse.

                  "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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                  • AetasA
                    Aetas
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                    💥 Congratulations!

                    Always have a hand‘s breadth of water under the keel.

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                    • NikN
                      Nik
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                      Fantastic result

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                      • motojoboboM
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                        🍾🍾🍾 congratulations Giles and Paula!! A very exciting purchase promising fun times ahead! I’m happy for both of you.

                        The journey is the objective.

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                        • J-IVJ
                          J-IV
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                          Such a great prologue to your future adventure stories! So exciting!

                          I'm as ugly as you

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                          • dinobarnesberlinD
                            dinobarnesberlin
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                            Glad to hear that things all worked out.
                            June will be here before you know it!

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                            • ARNCA
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                              Exciting! Sounds like it couldn’t have gone much better.

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

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                              • ManticoreM
                                Manticore
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                                Congratulations Giles and Paula! A beautiful boat and I know you will get tremendous joy from her.

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                                • ROmanR
                                  ROman
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                                  This all sounds great. We're currently drinking a toast to the future "Far Call ". Or Tender for Far Call.

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                                  • MattM
                                    Matt
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                                    You’ll be skippering on your own on no time…

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                                    • MattM
                                      Matt
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                                      Sorry… you and @Madame Buttonfly will be skippering …

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                                      • vaquero357V
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                                        …@Giles  Renaming a boat consists of six parts: 1) removing every trace of the old name, 2) performing a purging ceremony, 3) performing a renaming ceremony, 4) making a sacrifice, 5) appeasing the four wind gods, and 6) toasting to the new name. 😉

                                        ...I kinda like 'Pilgrim' to be honest. ::) Looks Great!

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          🙂 🙂

                                          Pilgim remains, if we buy a new boat at some point then we will have more flexibility.  But frankly atm, I have enough to worry about…....

                                          "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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                                          • Madame ButtonflyM
                                            Madame Buttonfly
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                                            @vaquero357:

                                            …I kinda like 'Pilgrim' to be honest. ::) Looks Great!

                                            Me, too  😉

                                            I think our latest decision is to live with everything as is (including name) until we've actually learnt how to drive her, had a few adventures and assessed what (if anything) we'd like to change.  Repairs and possible upgrades (for example, new upholstery would be lovely) can be discussed and agreed towards the end of the year, by which time we should know if we want to keep Pilgrim for the longer term, or save money towards a bigger boat  ???

                                            We're both silly excited, thanks again for all your good wishes  🙂

                                            AKA Mrs G

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