How inconvenient, being made redundant at a time when the yacht is ready to go, fully fuelled and stocked, and the bank balance is in the black. But if only it were that simple. There are two parties in this discussion, AP & DK, and AP is probably 12 months behind me. So what to do for the next year? Everything is an option, from Uber driver to commercial cleaning if all is required is an income. Or, I could pursue the path of Business Development and be engrossed in a world

“Everything is awesome” was the cry of all the workers in the Lego movie. And that is what we are all programmed to think, from the day we leave school, college, university, get a job, hire purchase a car, borrow to buy a house and then forever live just beyond our means to the point where we continue to need to work in order to maintain a lifestyle. Then we get married, have children and try to push them towards a similar path thinking this is the correct way to live. Is thi

There is a certain pride an owner has in their boat, mine is not the most recent design but she will suit me for my needs for a long time to come and sails much better than modern yachts in my humble opinion. After spending 2 days coastal cruising in her, this is an owner who is STILL very impressed. Thank you to Sparkman & Stephens for turning out another quality design and the previous owner who’s perfectionist nature has kept her in good stead for the last ten years. This

(AKA The importance of a bilge pump and clean bilge) My previous yacht, as eluded to in the earlier post, was a classic ketch built in the 60’s from mahogany on oak frames. She was totally wasted on me, a guy with a small budget for both time and money who wanted to live on board and sail regularly. I had so many tasks to complete, every weekend was a job to turn her from a yacht to a workshop and back to a yacht all before work on Monday morning. I had installed the galley b

AP is rather excited as the countdown to picking up the new boat is getting closer and closer!

DK's lessons on the boat buying process