Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Giles]

@Nkwkfld:

Great news. Will the boat play any part in the 20th anniversary weekend? Show off the new skills

No, got far too much else to do that weekend….

[dinobarnesberlin]

Way to go

[Giles]

I've created a monster.  Paula is on the phone to a friend, the half of the conversation I can hear is peppered with; Ferry Gliding, Prop Walk, Safe Place etc etc etc…..

[Kasi]

Congratulations [emoji3060]….

Captain G.. and lady Paula.

Lady command the harbour you follow

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[dinobarnesberlin]

Sounds like she is shaping up to become the real skipper  Saw that determination in her eyes on the night run –-Go Paula !

[Giles]

@Madame Buttonfly and I took the boat out, for the first time on our own, today.

We motored to the fuel jetty, moored up and filled her with fuel, motored 10 miles east, anchored up, had lunch and returned home.

No Gelcoat lost…...

We'll take that....

[vaquero357]

…El Capitan(s)!

[Madame Buttonfly]

Thanks all for your good wishes - last week was pretty tough, especially the night passage, it was way past my bedtime and I struggled! 

Going out on our own for the first time on Saturday was amazing, and I successfully "parked" Pilgrim on our return 

[SKT]

Tagging along on this journey is so much fun. I’m enjoying that you’re enjoying this adventure!  Thanks for letting us all follow along. And congratulations on first “solo” voyage!

[louisbosco]

@Giles:

BOOM.  We passed 

[Giles]

[Giles]

And moored up in Cowes:

[Giles]

Life could be worse……

[Ian72]

It’s lovely there isn’t it

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[Giles]

Working from Pilgrim this afternoon, power courtesy of the invertor.  The addition of a 5G router (hidden in the head-lining), has made a world of difference…..

[Giles]

And a pimped set of boat keys.  A fantastic present for Pilgrim from @Scasi at OGL…...

Thank you Johnny…..

[Clint_D]

Looks like a clean install! I recently discovered how great the Wago lever nuts are and I'll never go back to the old style twist connectors.

[Giles]

100% agree.  I used to use the chocolate box ones - jeez are these an improvement….Wago is the Wago

[Scasi]

@Giles:

And a pimped set of boat keys.  A fantastic present for Pilgrim from @Scasi at OGL…...

Thank you Johnny…..

You are welcome!

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[Giles]

On my way down to Cornwall on Saturday night, I was musing about boat names.

We have a candidate name for the new boat, but there are some permissions we need to get before we can be sure it will work. Let's call it XYZ, for the moment.

Anyway,  I came up with the following, which Paula has given me permission to use on the tender…..

"The Sea-Word", (Tender To to XYZ)......