Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Matt]

I’d be a terrible sailor.

[Giles]

Having winches that click nicely will not me a better sailor make 

[Ian72]

No but doesn’t make thff see m work better when you need them ! 

[Ian72]

@Ian72:

No but doesn’t make thff see m work better when you need them ! 

Stupid predictive text ! That should say “it does make them work better when you need them “

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[ROman]

A couple of shots on the Pilgrim.               

[Giles]

Nearly finished installing the new califorier, and of course, I am one connector short, so back to the DIY store….

[Nik]

Lucky you, always fun to go back multiple times. I had to return three times recently to find a toilet seat that would fit the inner, then outer dimensions of the rim, and then the correct thickness so that it would stay closed.

[Giles]

So it's all done.  Pressured up, no leaks.  The immersion heater actually heats up the water.

Knock me over with a feather 

Admittedly, I have not fired up the engine to test if the heat exchanger works, but that IMHO, is least risk…...Which is why I'm waiting until @Ian72 is with me, because he actually knows what he is doing

[Giles]

The future owners of Pilgrim have borrowed her for a few days for some cruising around the Solent, I'd be lying if I did not say I was a little bit jealous…..

[louisbosco]

@Giles:

Jealous is bad, envy is OK…...

[goosehd]

[Giles]

I used the word jealous on purpose because I am more than fucking envious…..

[Giles]

The hull of The Sasga (working name = Ikigai), has been laid….

Ikigai is a Japanese concept that means your 'reason for being. ' 'Iki' in Japanese means 'life,' and 'gai' describes value or worth. Your ikigai is your life purpose or your bliss. It's what brings you joy and inspires you to get out of bed every day.

[Giles]

@louisbosco:

just curious, does the boat have wifi or do you have to wait for the boat to anchor near to shore to get data off your phones?

Just bought one of these.

https://www.3grouterstore.co.uk/product/rapid-nr550-5g-router/#:~:text=The Proroute RAPID NR550 is,network to provide users with

Set up in the office today and tested it today with @Alex .

I cant remember exactly the download speeds we were getting, but it was at least 4x what we were getting out of the same SIM in a phone. And that was on the bog-standard antennae that come with it, we have a 4x4 MIMO external antennae, that should give us greater connectivity and longer range….

Boom

[Giles]

Our 4 day "Day Skipper - Practical" starts at 09:00 tomorrow….

Some homework......

[motojobobo]

Enjoy it!!

[Giles]

First day.

Lots of safety and getting to know our boat stuff.  Got out for a couple of hours and did slow-speed manoeuvres.

Note to self.  Avoid reversing in Pilgrim as much as poss.  It's like pushing cooked noodles uphill from the downward end

[goosehd]

@Giles So…..how did it go?

[Giles]

2 days in, and we are fucked….He's pumping in 10 hour days and making us really work.....

But we are learning an amazing amount.

He got us to plan a longish passage today, then took the charts off us, turned the plotter off, and made us do it from our course notes....

Lots of slow-speed manoeuvring inc ferry-gliding...

The looking-through-the-windscreen device was deployed again.....

[goosehd]

Please be a gent and make sure there is something suitable for Paula in the new boat…but this solution makes me laugh and smile!