What a BOAT!

 Omg! Please forgive my over enthusiasum and profound sense of joy there is nothing like owning a new (to me) boat. Having been without a family sailing boat for just under a year after having one for the past ten, it feels more of a relief than i expected to ne back on the water with a vessel that is full of our sealeg expectations. Planning for norway next year seems so much less a dream now we have a vessel fit for purpose. Now the new boat familiarisation begins and work of working out how to sail her oh and her annual maintance oh and paying all the bills and finding crew to sail with….. i nearly forgot how involved keeping a boat is. Having not yet tried moving her yet ahe is quite intimidating! Only 9 feet longer than our last boat she appears exponential bigger and is! Experienced crew to manage mooring lines and fenders are going to be required to navigate out into the blue and perhaps a less windy day the first time for me will inspire a little more confidence than i have now. The last skipper assures me she is very manoeuverable in the harbour with her skeg rudder. Having witnessed the survey yesterday she passed with flying colours, the surveyor announced he was jealous and pronounced the boat a very fine example of her class, very reassuring.