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

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Your strange behaviour and a jealous Patrick...

So, the baffling behaviour continues. You guys are now responsible for 3000 plus reads of the garbage that we churn out. We still struggle to figure out why - of course this stuff is free to read but then so are many good books via Kindle or the local secondhand book store. Frankly, if it was a choice between filling spare time reading these ramblings or paying £2.50 or so to download a book, the book wins every time.

At least it means that the hours spent by the crew proof reading this junk aren't totally wasted, even if it isn't terribly elegant:





Mind you, we think that we should offer your combined intelligence for medical research. There could be big breakthroughs into why the bewildered need to read such poor penmanship if they scanned your brains. OK if we offer you up as experimental objects?



The really bad news is that Patrick has been very very quiet this week. Initially the captain thought he was showing sympathy for the captain's bad back and staying quiet and respectful.  Then, we figured that he was a little upset since the Admiral (see recent post, a grumpy small furry bear) had starred in the blog more recently than Patrick. He is clearly an attention seeking penguin so please, post some comments to cheer him up. Cannot bear that "hunched shoulders hard done by" look that Patrick is so good at....


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