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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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

      and we'd pass Brest on the way

      I’m on my way.

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      • GilesG
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        Decision made. Will get 200 hour service done in A Coruña on Thursday

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • todyT
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          @Giles Better safe than sorry. What does the service routine consist of?

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          • GilesG
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            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • louisboscoL
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              wow almost like a car servicing chart except on a bigger scale. realistically, would 400 hours come first or 12 months?

              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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              • GilesG
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                Depends who you are and what you do. The average annual hours on a "leisure" motor boat in UK is 50. We'll have done 200-250 by the time we get home. I'd like to think we would have done 400 by year end....

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • GilesG
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                  Plans for the next few days. We are currently in Portosin, Galicia, later today will cruise up and around Cap Finisterre to Muxia where we will meet up with Eddie and Beth Tejada, our friends and owners of Aitora, our Iron Heart retailer in North West Spain. On Wednesday we make our way to A Coruña, for our 200 engine hour service. It's a tad early, but by the time we cross The Bay of Biscay (which we plan to start late Thursday) and get to Brest, we'll have dove over 200 hours on the engines and we don't want to invalidate the warranty. The weather is looking good for the crossing, which we reckon will take about 36 hours. We will have lots of zero connectivity......

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • louisboscoL
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                    @Giles That'll be quite some journey home. I guess you both have some big sailing trips coming up if you reckon 400 by end of the year?

                    "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                    • GilesG
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                      We have a few planned. We also have our Yachtmaster Practical which will be 6 or 7 days, I'm pretty sure we'll rack up 50 or so on that.....

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • louisboscoL
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                        nice.

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                        • GilesG
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                          In Muxia.....

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                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • ?
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                            @Giles that’s some nice photo G

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                            • GilesG
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                              Whilst in Muxia I fell in love with Galician Horreo's (maize drying thingies).....

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                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • GilesG
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                                Eddie & Beth (Aitora) and Bill (Paula's brother in law)......

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                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • Mr EddyM
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                                  Was an absolute treat catching up with you guys!...definitely have to do it again soon 🙂
                                  Enjoy La Coruña and safe travels back!!

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    The treat was 100% ours. Thank youxxxxx

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      In A Coruña waiting for the Volvo Penta service guys. It's a good job we have them booked for today, because the port engine threw another fault about 30 mins out of A Coruña, and the bow thruster went AWOL too. So we had to dock in a strong side wind with one engine and no bow thruster. It was hairy. The fault in the bow thruster has been traced to a blown fuse on the charging circuit, so that is an easy fix. Our guess is that it was caused by a spike in shore power somewhere. One of the jobs on my list when we get home is to install an isolating transformer (it's at home waiting to be fitted), that will do lots of things, one of which is to isolate the boat from shitty shore power.

                                      We popped into a local dive store to ask where the nearest chandlery was and @Madame-Buttonfly bought me this to remind me of the trip home....

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                                      It's a reel and line to attach to my Safety Market Buoy when we are doing our safety stop when diving. The most important criteria when choosing it is that it matches my Apeks torch 🙂

                                      The dive store is also hunting down a couple of those fuses for me....

                                      Here's the bust one:

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                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        Yesterday on the way into A Coruña, we passed this...

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                                        It is The Tower of Hercules and is the oldest extant lighthouse known in the world. It as been there since the 1st century and is based on the original plans for the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

                                        Paula has gone off to see it this morning as I wait for the engineers, she has promised to take lots of photos. If we get a delay on the engine and have to stay here for longer than today, I will get over and take a look myself....

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • weftyarnW
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                                          Love those stories, G. This thread is such a joy to read. I find myself picking this over Süddeutsche Zeitung more often. And it’s educational too haha. 😃

                                          Use it or lose it.

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Hahahahahaa - and thank you

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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