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

Thursday, 15 April 2021

Pre Departure stuff

With the English lockdown coming to an end, well an easement, self catering stays are allowed and so we could visit other locations by boat again. To prepare for our departure we got busy(ish) tidying up the boat as over the winter things had migrated from lockers and cupboards to be strewn everywhere (or so it seemed).

The new voltage meter we needed arrived courtesy of Sandie from Nordhavn Europe and was fitted:



You can see how the new gauges don't have a diffuser panel fitted and so are brighter and starker than the originals.

The main engine was treated to a new air filter and the aircon raw water pump was bled (one of those trying to get behind the genset jobs which we love deeply). 

As the planned first run was going to be around to Falmouth (30 hours or so), the little furry visitor needed to go back to her owner. Izzy has amazing bladder control but not that good and she steadfastly refused to "go" on the boat despite trying to tempt her with astroturf in the past. So, we had a long day road trip, dropped off our car into storage and returned Izzy to her owner. That left us ready to head off when the weather decides to play ball. A big high pressure was promised and some lighter winds with something easterly in them too. Might just work out....

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