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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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

      Yes.......And I hit absolutely nothing.....:-)

      You will surely find other easier ways to meet seafaring folks and make new friends 😂😂😂

      Congrats to Paula and you for completing your first long solo trip on Sakura!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

      The journey is the objective.

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      • GilesG
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        Thank you, now to start the upgrades 🙂

        "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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          @Giles welcom home G

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          • jordanscollectedJ
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            who took care of the cat @Giles?

            world tours:
            888 Fat guy chocolate WT
            Mad Red x2
            Wabidashery

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            • GilesG
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              Cats plural 🙂

              When we made the decision to get the boat, we knew we would be away a lot. We also wanted to be flexible and leave at a moment's notice if the weather looked good. We also did not know when we would be home from long trips. Witness our bad weather-enforced delay in Brest.

              When we renovated the house we made a self-contained flat downstairs, which @Alex lived in on and off for a few years. We have some young friends who would come and look after the cats and the house when we were away. They are saving up for a mortgage, so we came to an agreement with them; they live in the flat FOC, and in return, they look after the cats and the house when we are away, and keep on top of the mowing etc.

              If works perfectly for us, they dote on the cats and are super happy living here.

              A win win...

              "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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              • goosehdG
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                @Giles So the one cat has pulled through?

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • GilesG
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                  Oh yes, I am so sorry that I did not let you know, especially after the care-call late at night. We had to go away, and Luke and Courtney were instructed to feed him minced beef and raw chicken until he could eat no more. When we came back, he was a lot better, now he is 100% his old adorable and irritating self....

                  "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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                  • goosehdG
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                    @Giles Just like his owner... 🙂 Good to hear!

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    • GilesG
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                      I skip the adorable bit, that's the trouble.....

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

                        his old adorable and irritating self....

                        Takes after his old man?

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

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                          Docked and home?

                          @Giles a change in marina?

                          "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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                            Yes, we have got a great berth at a new marina FOC. Would have been mad not to take the offer....

                            "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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                              Out on SAKURA with @Alex and Kira. Proudly flying the flag of the Balearics.....

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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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                                @Giles noiceee

                                "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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                                • GraemeG
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                                  Orca attacks on boats have become a meme.

                                  https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctjej9XLFxR/

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    @Madame-Buttonfly keeps our armpits on brand……,

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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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                                      Tender arrived today.....

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                                      @Madame-Buttonfly likes it because it has a steering wheel....

                                      Tomorrow, we have a day of training on close-quarters manoeuvring with SAKURA, we want to avoid hitting anything else..........

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

                                        we want to avoid hitting anything else......

                                        why? seems to be the way to make new friends ...

                                        si tacuisses

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Staying in marinas on the way back from Menorca reiterated to me and @Madame-Buttonfly just how much we were looking to not doing that.

                                          I have been concerned about the stock anchor that came with the boat. I think it is a little light at 30kgs, and it is an older "Bruce" design, was revolutionary when it was released in the 1970's, but times have moved on and there is a whole new breed of modern anchors that set very quickly and hold exceptionally well. When we drop the hook in a secluded anchorage, I want to rest easy that is will hold.....So we have upgraded to a 45kg modern anchor....

                                          Fitted it today.....

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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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                                          • AetasA
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                                            This anchor is looking beatiful and this shiny chrome finish is sharp!

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