Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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We gave it serious consideration.
For -
- It means we can drive from upstairs
- We could have the life raft up there without spoiling her looks
Against -
- It's a fucker to keep clean
- It restricts rear-view visibility from the helm
- The rear deck is compromised by having the stairs going up top
- It is probably too hot in the Med to use it in the summer
- It is hardly ever nice enough to use it in the UK
- It costs a shit load more (just doubling up the instruments and controls is eye-wateringly expensive)
- We think the hard-top is a lot prettier
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Looks more seaworthy without
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Wandered around the local port this evening.
José Luis's (the current owner of Sasga Yachts) father started Sasga in the 1960's, I am pretty sure this is one of his earlier creations. They have always taken design cues from Menorcan Llauts, which; is a near vertical stem, canoe stern and large rear platform....
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Today, as we were leaving the hotel, @Madame-Buttonfly spied a Sasga 54 coming into the bay. We surmised it must be hull 53, which we saw a couple of days ago, so we hot-tailed it to the dock where we last saw it. We got there just in time to see her being berthed, we were invited on board to take a look. I did not take that many pics, I think P did.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know this is the wrong thread @goosehd
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Beautiful.
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@sabergirl said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
She’s going to be a beaut, Giles! You two must be so excited.
I was just chatting with @Cutlasshound (I was thanking him for the amazing phone case he gifted me) and he asked me how my trip to Menorca went.
I answered:
Every time I see the boat, it does the opposite of disappoint
There are not a lot of things that do that......
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Cool!!
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Look very cool G!
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Looks great.
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Gorgeous.
I’d buy a 7.5oz IH tee with the Sakura logo
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@goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
and I like the camera mounted so you can keep an eye on the area when you're underway. That's pretty smart!!
As I suspected, they cant be bothered to take it out, so it's staying and we don't have to pay for it
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I was looking for some info on Pilgrim this morning, so went here:
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/235078228
And lo and behold, some recent pics of the old gal, had been uploaded....
