RE: #sublimesunday | jahming, boats and garden journal - free recipe inside
I was waiting for the boat news! I didn't comment but the words project + boat usually = bottomless money pit and time so I'm glad you saw the 20footer.
Marinas are always bleak in the rain but on a half decent day sat out with a glass of wine chatting to the very friendly boating community there is nothing better.
Read up, watch videos, buy magazines and learn. Boating is wonderfully addictive .
Before you buy anything , please get a marine surveyor in to take a look and don't read too much into the length of time left on the boat safety certificate.
Best wishes Captain Shani and I look forward so much to following your adventures.
If you do decide on a project boat, have a look at this US site, there is loads of resource and links to blogs of boatbuilders and renovators in the US and UK who always answer questions enthusiastically and help you finding specialist suppliers and chandlers.
www.glen-l.com
I forgot to add that centre cockpit boats are nice as you have two separate sleeping areas which is great for having friends to stay oh and the toilet on a boat is called a head, check it's got a storage tank as some of the older boats don't and new laws mean grey and black water must be stored and pumped out :-)
Yeah, I'm wary of project boats - my mum had one! She also had a fibreglass hull Shetland in which she and I and other family members had loads of fun, and cost hardly any money at all. I'm not sure of the cabin height of this cruiser - the other one was 5' 9" which was great for Patrick and me - but the good awning (canopy) means you can use the cockpit space as well.
Lots of good info there, thank you, Cap'n, but you fo realise that there are months of boat shopping to go yet? 😍
Oh yes and I shall feast out on every update :-)
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