We have decided to change direction again and go back to sailing. During a short trip to Croatia we have purchased a yacht, a Bavaria 42 Ocean which is a centre cockpit sloop in very good condition.
Now the real work begins, all our possessions have to be transported and found a home for, there doesn’t seem to be as much storage on the boat so they will need a serious thinning out as well.
We will have to get new radio licences each and one of us will have to get a Certificate of International Competence, so training is on the horizon as well.
The boat is a bit short of navigation equipment so we are researching radar, GPS and plotters for fitting in due course. In the meantime Dave has to have his hand operated on so we will probably start with getting our tans topped up.
Then this blog will take a new direction as we will be away from our friends and family for some time so anything and everything may be recorded here, including beading and quilting!! I will have to change the description at the top of the blog to our travels in ?? currently the boat is called Sanja but we are toying with the idea of renaming her, we are told that can be bad luck so even more to research and think about!!
The boat is moored in Kornati Marina in Biograd a nice little town on the Dalmation coastline amongst the 1000 islands of the national park who’s name I cannot remember. So plenty of places to go and see and test out our sailing skills which will be a little rusty.
It has reefing sails but with a different system to our last boat so more to learn and I expect our rope knotting will need some practice. I will definitely have to brush up on the terminology and now it will be in a different language as well!!
So now the adventure part 3 begins…………………………………….
