So, you’re thinking of buying a boat or you’ve just done the deal! Now prepare for the seven stages of grief boat buying! Acceptance and Hope Reconstruction and Working Through The Upward Turn Depression Anger and Bargaining Pain and Guilt Shock and Denial Acceptance and Hope You’ve bought the boat and everything seems full of […]
The tender is your car, your primary mode of transport when living off the hook. You use it to go get groceries, to get to the beach and more. Choosing a good tender is therefore highly important. Having spent many weeks now reading up on the subject, here are my main findings. Hypalon is the […]
One of the things you need when sailing a boat, is a smaller boat to get you to and from shore. Yes, you can just take your big sailboat into a marina and pay £20-£50 a day for the privilege (ok, so the South Coast is more expensive than the North). The tender is your […]
The trials and tribulations of buying a 1977 Moody 39CC and moving from a desk job and into the cruising lifestyle – or “Welcome to my mid-life crisis”, as I like to say 🙂 “One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore” André Gide One […]
What is it that I love so much about sailing? Good question! 🙂 Take everything you own that you can’t live without, put it and yourself into the shower turn on the cold water all the way, stay in there for at least two hours. If you come out with a semi-sunny disposition you’re in […]
One of the basic requirements to sustain human life is water. When you’re at sea, especially on long passages, drinking water becomes a valuable and scarce commodity. Pamela C has 3 bladders that will hold a total of roughly 450-500 litres of water. The average person should drink at least 3-4 litres of water a […]
I’d spent a good 2-3 years looking for the right boat, trying to find something which wasn’t a complete wreck but that I could still afford
So, you go out and buy a boat. Then you need to sail the damned thing! “Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.” Brooks Atkinson I’ve been thinking about places to take Pamela C in the short, medium and longer-term. Short term is relatively easy, shakedown cruises of 1 hour, 5 […]
Summary of costs and expenses to date (Budget including boat acquisition was £32,000) Replacement Anchor and 60m anchor Chain £1,500 Electrical Repairs and maintenance £500 Lifejackets (6 adult, 2 children) £2,000 Insurance £263 Rigging and mast repairs £7,500 Aft cabin mattress replacement (seriously water damaged) £228 Pre-launch preparations and boat lift costs £600 Hydrovane Repairs […]
As a child, I was captivated by tales of sailing and the sea, stories such as Swallows and Amazons, Robinson Crusoe, Hemingway’s tale of “The Old Man and the Sea” and so many other stories I’d read as a child.
