Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[dinobarnesberlin]

Sounds like she is shaping up to become the real skipper  Saw that determination in her eyes on the night run –-Go Paula !

[Giles]

@Madame Buttonfly and I took the boat out, for the first time on our own, today.

We motored to the fuel jetty, moored up and filled her with fuel, motored 10 miles east, anchored up, had lunch and returned home.

No Gelcoat lost…...

We'll take that....

[vaquero357]

…El Capitan(s)!

[Madame Buttonfly]

Thanks all for your good wishes - last week was pretty tough, especially the night passage, it was way past my bedtime and I struggled! 

Going out on our own for the first time on Saturday was amazing, and I successfully "parked" Pilgrim on our return 

[SKT]

Tagging along on this journey is so much fun. I’m enjoying that you’re enjoying this adventure!  Thanks for letting us all follow along. And congratulations on first “solo” voyage!

[louisbosco]

@Giles:

BOOM.  We passed 

[Giles]

[Giles]

And moored up in Cowes:

[Giles]

Life could be worse……

[Ian72]

It’s lovely there isn’t it

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[Giles]

Working from Pilgrim this afternoon, power courtesy of the invertor.  The addition of a 5G router (hidden in the head-lining), has made a world of difference…..

[Giles]

And a pimped set of boat keys.  A fantastic present for Pilgrim from @Scasi at OGL…...

Thank you Johnny…..

[Clint_D]

Looks like a clean install! I recently discovered how great the Wago lever nuts are and I'll never go back to the old style twist connectors.

[Giles]

100% agree.  I used to use the chocolate box ones - jeez are these an improvement….Wago is the Wago

[Scasi]

@Giles:

And a pimped set of boat keys.  A fantastic present for Pilgrim from @Scasi at OGL…...

Thank you Johnny…..

You are welcome!

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[Giles]

On my way down to Cornwall on Saturday night, I was musing about boat names.

We have a candidate name for the new boat, but there are some permissions we need to get before we can be sure it will work. Let's call it XYZ, for the moment.

Anyway,  I came up with the following, which Paula has given me permission to use on the tender…..

"The Sea-Word", (Tender To to XYZ)......

[vaquero357]

…@Giles 

[Matt]

I like The Harpy II.  When people ask about the Harpy I you tell them she’s below deck reading.

[Giles]

Now that was bloody tight.  And with 20-25 knots of wind coming over the starboard quarter, I would be lying if I claimed that I was not bricking it.  @Madame Buttonfly , bless her, offered to take the wheel because she didn't mind as much as me if she stuffed it…...

[Giles]