Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Matt]

Beautiful. There’s gonna be tshirts, right?

[ROman]

Looks great.

[mclaincausey]

Gorgeous.

I’d buy a 7.5oz IH tee with the Sakura logo

[Matt]

Right?!

[Giles]

@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

[Giles]

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....

[Aetas]

Purple Easy Shorts .
VesselSpotter…is this a thing G.?

To be honest, Mr. Hoyle‘s Insta @royalnavynews is worth watching.

[Giles]

Easy Shorts FTW...

Vessel Finder is a thing. You can track anything that has AIS (Automatic Identification System) installed and operational. In the past year or so, certain Russian oligarchs' yachts AIS systems have mysteriously stopped working, and the yachts have gone dark...

[Giles]

@Aetas said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

royalnavynews

I guess he hangs around waiting for naval yachts to photograph, and takes pics of anything else whilst he is waiting. Both those pics are on the Gosport side of the harbour, but only a few 100 meters from where the big grey boys play....

[louisbosco]

have you handed over pilgrim to the new owners yet?

[Giles]

No. We (Paula) hand her over on 1st April. I go to Madagascar on Tuesday, so we are taking everything off her at the moment. We will go to The Isle of Wight for lunch tomorrow, it will be our last trip on PILGRIM....

[goosehd]

What a great spot for your last trip with her.

[Giles]

Going here, it's a new find and the food is delish.....

https://www.thecoastbar.co.uk/

[louisbosco]

menu looks decent! have a nice voyage!

[ROman]

Menu looks good. Enjoy it.

[Giles]

We had a beaut of a meal thanks.....

A nice goodbye....
@goosehd This is Warship Number 7

Hovercraft to the Island

Got PILGRIM up to her fastest ever....

[goosehd]

She’s done you well and sad to see her go, but it’s also the start of the next adventure.

Thanks Pilgrim for the memories

[Giles]

@goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

She’s done you well and sad to see her go, but it’s also the start of the next adventure.

100%. She has done us proud and been a gentle and patient teacher.....

[louisbosco]

@Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

Got PILGRIM up to her fastest ever....

you paid for the whole speedometer, might as well use it.

cheer Pilgrim. it's been a pleasure, looking forward to sakura!

[Giles]