Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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As is widely known, I am not allowed to fish off SAKURA. I have been trying to work out a way to fix that, and I have a solution.
A few weeks ago, a boat that I had admired for ages in our Marina came up for sale. I had even specced a new one exactly the same about a year ago, but could not swing it financially (that is, get Paula to agree
)I made an offer and it was accepted and I picked her up last night.
I am renaming her UKIYO: In Japanese, "UKIYO" (浮世) translates to "floating world" or "transient world". It describes the urban, pleasure-seeking lifestyle of Edo-period Japan. Essentially, "ukiyo" embodies a sense of living in the moment, appreciating fleeting pleasures, and being detached from the burdens of life.
One of the key deciders was that I can fit her onto our current pontoon, so whilst the bastards are still making me pay for the privilege, it is at a ridiculously low price. Insurance is very reasonable and she will cruise twice as fast as SAKURA and use half the fuel, so when we want a quick dash somewhere (especially somewhere that does not have berths big enough for SAKURA), we now have the means.
And she will be a brilliant platform for fishing in The Solent and neighbouring waters.
Problem solved.
Decals.
New home
From a webcam installed on SAKURA, so I can monitor her remotely.
"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 said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
Essentially, "ukiyo" embodies a sense of living in the moment, appreciating fleeting pleasures, and being detached from the burdens of life.
Great name @Giles. Another cool Japanese term and philosophy that I will try to incorporate into life.
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Ukiyo appears aimed at pure, reckless, unbridled fun!!
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@SourPower said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
Colour? How many HP?
It's a wrap.
140
She's a cat, so gets onto the plane very easily....
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@Matt said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
So now you have a fleet?
2 plus the tender on the back of SAKURA
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@Giles sounds like the perfect solution and great name. Ukiyo is also the name of a distillery that may or may not help with detachment from the burdens of life! I’ve not tried it yet but they even do a sakura gin!
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I absolutey love the name UKIYO. Sarina had to look it up when I told her, but she says it is absolutely perfect. It has also made me start reading, The Life of an Amorous Woman (and other writings by Ihara Saikaku, because I wanted to really understand the meaning and context of UKIYO. It is a fascinating read.
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seems like you're embracing N+1
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Makes U-turns a breeze and flipping off other boats.
what lb Thrust is your trolling motor? is it a 24 volt?
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She can be 24 or 36. I've got a 24 volt Lithium which is good for 2 days without recharging. Obviously I could upgrade if I needed too.
I had 4 knots out of it the other day, and I think I had some current against me.
I absolutely LOVE the anchor feature.
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@Giles I've always wanted to add the anchor feature to my Minn-kota, but the price is basically what my boat is worth. That makes it so easy to work the lily pads when I want to cover many parts of a small area without simply cruising by. It doesn't help that I dropped my trolling motor off the side of my boat a couple years ago on concrete (while driving, long story) and broke the skeg off it. Casting with efficiency and trolling a shoreline, especially in any kind of windy condition is an artform.
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Whoops.......Yes, I think I will use anchor and jog features a lot when keeping abreast of shoals of static sometimes/moving sometimes shoals of Bass. The other thing I like is that I can use gestures on the remote control. I just point it to where I want the boat to go press a button, and off she goes....
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We are staying just outside A Pobra do Caramiñal. We popped into town to buy supplies and get ourselves fed. In the Supermercado I was trying to choose a beer to take home, when I was whacked around the ankle by a hard white ball, I was a little irritated until I saw that the ball was attached to a stick which was attached to a blind person. In fact there were 2 blind adults and 3 normal sighted kids, who I later found out ranged from 8 months to 5 years old. Dad and mum were talking English with an American accent and after listening for a minute or so, I realised they were trying to find non-scented bio-degradeable wipes. I offered to help which was accepted. We bumped into them outside the shop and found out that they were heading for the same Italian restaurant as us, so we walked and talked.
They are from Ohio and the adults are basically completely blind and are on a longish vacation, they had spent a month in London, are spending a month in A Pobra do Caramiñal and then a few weeks in Yorkshire. This is their 5th trip to Europe and consider it to be a large part of their kids education. The 2 oldest kids had leads on, bells on their harnesses and around their ankles and air tags attached to the harness too. I suggested tattooing QR codes to their foreheads which they thought was a great idea :-).
Seeing how they moved around, just got shit done, laughed about everything, left me and Paula utterly humbled. Billy, the dad, had taught himself Spanish before they came (like you do) We had dinner together and I was in awe.
