Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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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…
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Try not to think of them as “ spending” opportunities, and more like “ improvement “ opportunities
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This is great reading about this, and I realize how excited the two of you are.
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holy shit!! that 54 is beautiful!! would that mean it's possible to sail across the world?
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She is a Cat A boat, which means….
Category A — Ocean – This is the category with the toughest standards and covers vessels 40’ and over-designed to be self-sufficient for extended voyages. It is defined as the “category of boats considered suitable for seas of up to 23 feet (7 meters) significant wave height and winds of Beaufort Force 9 (41-47 knots) or less, but excluding abnormal conditions such as hurricanes.”
So, yes.
But her range is only 1600 miles at 9 knots, so unless we get some external bladders for fuel, an ocean crossing will be tricky.....
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quite the potential for the future. I suppose going across Europe into Asia (e.g), you'd have many places to stop for fuel.
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I just watched a quick youtube tour of the 54. I love the kitchen and main cabin entertaining setup. That's going to be an incredible space to spend time in.
