Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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…thanks @henry_david! The Killer!
@Giles they must never stop 'polishing and waxing' on those big boats! :o Hope your shoulders are in good shape! 
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Congratulations! Wishing you both the best of luck. I admire your courage and curiosity.
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Sorry @Giles, must be a language barrier. Or I simply don't know the definition of sailing a boat. In which case I'm excited to sail my Lund bass boat in a few months time.
There's a picture of it in the first post
But perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a motor boat (see what I'm dealing with here, a woeful lack of any idea what I am doing)…
Motor Yacht, i think is the technical term. But it sounds a bit wanky
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A name for a boat is a very personal choice, but have you considered a Japanese name? You were a "trailblazer" in the Japanese denim world and it brought you a ton of success. You will continue to blaze trails in retirement in all your travels.
Japanese for Trailblazer is "Senku-sha"
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I wonder if there'd be room for your kayak up where that raft dinghie is @Giles ? The Padmore flotilla…
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Better picture….
that's bigger than I thought from what you showed me few weeks back..
hope the stars align..
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gotta have guests… it's going to get old when it's just you and Paula comparing scars and sharing war stories below deck. And the woman who broke your heart joke might make the boat seem awfully small.
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Giles, this thread has made me so happy today. Please tell Madame Buttonfly how much joy these plans have brought us here. Really. I think it is an amazing and inspiring plan, and I hope you two find the best possible solution for what you need. Please keep us posted. Go for it!!!
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It is. But seriously, there are none around at the moment. And really a 52 is a perfect size. Not too large for me and P to manage on our own, but large enough to have guests and entertain….
I'll patiently await the day you dock on this side of the globe..
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More info. The spec on the boat is amazing. Plenty of nifty original build upgrades. I still don't know what the asking price will be, but the single biggest issue we have to deal with is that it was a boat originally sold in The EEC. UK as we all know, is no longer part of the EEC, so there may be 20% VAT to pay upon "import" into UK. That could be the killer. Me and people with much larger brains than I, are working out how we deal with that…..We could berth it in France, but that would take a lot of the point in owning it (and having it moored down the road) away.....
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EU-based shell company could buy it…
