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

Monday, 14 July 2014

An eggy Patrick

Hum. The behaviour of Patrick is getting more and more erratic. We went for a little walk, leaving him on board as usual on guard duty but with a little trepidation having read the recent email exchange with Bronwen.

What did we return to? Well, at least this time he didn't try to sell half the boat to Graham and Pat. In a way, it was even more disturbing though. This was the image that greeted us:






We felt very sorry for him - realising that the poor little chap was broody / confused / acting like a Patricia and that he wanted a little egg of his own to hatch. We had seen how male penguins help hatch eggs on TV and perhaps Patrick had been peeking too?

We had to explain that a supermarket sourced chicken egg wasn't really going to work. He seemed very put out and gloomy when we took it away. Parenting is SO hard....

Then, returning earlier then expected from another walk, what do we find? Clearly we came back just in time:





So much for thinking that he was broody and caring. Oh no, he is just hungry despite his overstuffed tummy. This relationship gets harder. Maybe we were wrong when in Jersey we stopped him from posting himself to Bronwen. Might go and buy a big Jiffy bag when we get to civilisation again.....
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