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

Sunday, 17 August 2014

Penguin (mis)behaviour


Just when you were feeling sorry for Patrick (separated from the love of his life Bronwen, tricked over a phantom baby by Steve, no cwtch from Linda who has abandoned him etc etc) the truth is out. There was a TV documentary on Gentoo penguins. Here is the newspaper review of the program:






As we recognise some of these traits in Patrick, we will try to get his breed clarified as a matter of urgency.

In the meanwhile the nearest folks are quite a waddle away for a penguin with bad intentions so we think the Kilmelford inhabitants are pretty safe:



Not much around us here and bearing in mind the weather:



we have no plans to rush off anywhere. For the non boaters, sea state "high" means 6 to 9 metre high waves. No fun at all. "Rough" tomorrow means up to a mere 4 metres. Much more tempting. Despite the cruddy weather all is well, even managed to complete two tax returns thanks to the local WIFI connection. Pity that life as a liveaboard doesn't let you escape from such chores.
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