Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Giles]

I was chatting to David Thompson (brother of Alex) yesterday. He said there are many Orca in The Gibraltar Straits at the moment (chasing the Blue Fin Tuna as they migrate East)......God, I would love to see one of those......

[goosehd]

If you only had a boat at your disposal…wonder where you could find one?

[goosehd]

…and aren’t you supposed to put 25 hours on it before you leave?

[Giles]

Yes. But there are some complications (thanks a fucking lot Brexit), we may have to go to Palma to do the Spanish exit paperwork (not needed before Brexit) because the Menorcan customs officers don't know what to do (or can't be bothered - most likely). So we may decide to do some hours here, then the balance of the 25 hours between here and Palma and do the ATF change in Palma. Currently, it is as clear as mud......

[Aetas]

Congratulations!

[louisbosco]

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

I was chatting to David Thompson (brother of Alex) yesterday. He said there are many Orca in The Gibraltar Straits at the moment (chasing the Blue Fin Tuna as they migrate East)......God, I would love to see one of those......

you mean you'd love to catch one of those to christen the boat?

[Giles]

That would be a ride

[A Former User]

Enjoy @Giles

[ROman]

Enjoy your time.

[Matt]

Don’t look now but someone has parked a spaceship next to your boat.

[Alex]

@Giles don’t wish too hard

https://www.newsweek.com/orca-attack-hole-boat-swim-away-rudder-portugal-1757389?amp=1

[Daniel San]

holy crab thought this only happens in Hollywood…

[A Former User]

@Daniel-San more like holy orca

[Giles]

Bit of a photo dump. Took SAKURA out for a sea trial today. Weds AM we head off to Palma to do export documentation, then off to Ibiza for an oil change (will have almost exactly 25 hours on the engines by then). Then off to Gibraltar in one hit (460 nautical miles)......

[A Former User]

@Giles wonderfull G! Enjoy and wish you and Paula save travels looking forward to more photo’s and some big fishes you’ll catch

[goosehd]

Does the boat come with the hot model on the stern? Looking good @Madame-Buttonfly

[jordanscollected]

@Giles forgive me if this has been mentioned or is a really really dumb question... Does Sakura have any "self driving" features? Can you be in a calm open ocean with nothing and no one around and set a destination/direction and you and Paula just relax in that amazing living room?

[Giles]

100%, we can set her to auto, have a few drinks and party down the back.....

But rule 5 of Colregs says:

Look-out
. Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means
appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk
of collision.

So if we hit anything or anyone, whilst not obeying Rule 5, we'd we royally fucked.....

[Graeme]

From experience, French fishermen assume they have right of way. I remember having to change course in the Bay of Biscay because a line of boats trawling nets were on a collision course...

Sakura is looking good, and I see that @Madame-Buttonfly has made herself comfortable already.

Never mind the Orcas, it's these that you have to worry about!

[ROman]

@Giles Kind of like riding a horse with your eyes closed.