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

Saturday, 12 March 2016

Frying pan into the fire (escaping Shamrock Quay and heading back to Gosport)

OK, neither of the locations is truly beautiful but leaving Shamrock Quay is satisfying on two counts. Firstly, it means that the annual out of the water maintenance stuff has been completed. Secondly, it means that we are not giving MDL any more money for hard standing / visitor berthing at their ludicrous rates (and they still expect you to pay for a WIFI connection!)  They really are the worst big marina operator by far. Why do we use Shamrock for the lift - because the yard team there are very careful.

Anyway, escaping was fun as there were some BIG spring tides:


On the evening before, the low water was a 0.0 m tide. Pretty rare in this area.

After a car swap job, Anne and Euan joined us for the run back to Gosport. Euan hadn't been well but wanted to do the boat trip and use his new lifejacket again:



As you can see, it was sunny but chilly - this is the UK after all. He also discovered the whistle on the lifejacket:



and used it to attract attention from a few yachts that were out drifting about in the calm airs.

It was great to have a flybridge trip all the way back with the knowledge that only a mountain of polishing faces us now. Oh, and some valve clearance checks on the main and wing engines. Oh, and cleaning up the exterior teak. Fun stuff this boating - still want to buy one?
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