Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[seawolf]

@Giles What a project! You must be so glad to be getting it wrapped up.

[Giles]

I am, because I fly to Morocco first thing Friday, so tomorrow is a sort of hard deadline.

But, on a positive note....I now understand a lot more about the boat, the hull construction, the steering mech etc, so in a masochistic sort of way, this cloud had a silver lining....

[Giles]

I was just checking the weather for later today, so took a look at wind speeds this morning. Gusting 42 knots, yeah, it was windy....

[Giles]

Waiting for the rain to stop…….

[Giles]

And it did....

Next stop, water....

And she floats...

[Karol]

[endo]

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

And she floats...

nice, always a hand's breadth of water under the keel (as we say in german)

[Giles]

It’s an extremely windy day in Cowes, just on the chain ferry from East to West Cowes (and Smoking Lobster)

[louisbosco]

was that the one we went past after lunch and had to be careful of the depth of water?

[Giles]

SAKURA, Duver Marina, Bembridge Harbour, Isle of Wight...