About us and the boat

About us and the boat:

We were lucky enough to retire early at the start of 2013 so we could head off and "live the dream" on board our Nordhavn 47 Trawler Yacht. The idea is to see some of the planet, at a slow 6 - 7 knots pace. There are no fixed goals or timings, we just had a plan to visit Scotland and then probably the Baltic before heading south.

The idea is to visit the nicer areas in these latitudes before heading south for warmer weather. If we like somewhere, we will stay for a while. If not, we will just move on. So, for the people who love forward planning and targets, this might seem a little relaxed!

If anyone else is contemplating a trawler yacht life, maybe our experiences will be enough to make you think again, or maybe do it sooner then you intended!

The boat is called Rockland and she is built for long distance cruising and a comfortable life on board too. If you want to see more about trawler yachts and the Nordhavn 47 in particular, there is a link to the manufacturers website in our "useful stuff" section. For the technically minded, there is a little info and pictures of the boat and equipment in the same section

Regards

Richard and June

Tuesday 4 September 2018

St Peter Port to St Sampsons and lift out

After a couple of days pottering about the island and generally enjoying ourselves, we left the marina and headed north for the massive 20 minute or so run to St Sampson. Yet again we had a little wait for a ferry - this time the Condor Liberation that was passing:





I suppose we should be happy that it was running and at speed too after the litany of problems since she started serving the islands.

As you can see, it is a terribly complex trip:




St Sampsons harbour entrance isn't the prettiest:




It was also strange to go in there and not head straight for the fuel pontoon which looked unusually empty too:




Instead we hung around in the outer harbour and were met by Alex Norman from Marine and General in their workboat. Into the inner area, into the lift and duly hoisted out with one worrying moment when the front stop of the front pair on the hoist slipped forward a bit. Sure enough, the hull was in a real mess, the coolers and props too:






Whilst they were pressure washing we seemed to have grown a much larger exhaust system:





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