So the story goes like this...
We were planning a Sea kayaking holiday, that would be an Isle of Wight circumnavigation, however due to circumstances we didn't get enough practice in.
So then we planned to walk across dartmoor, all the YHA's were booked.
How about snowdonia, yer that sounds good, but then it had been raining for the past 6 months.
I know I have a mad idea, lets go sailing. So we booked a course and did a 5 day competent crew course with a fantastic bunch of guys and messed around in the Solent, and learnt the basics of sailing and living on a yacht.
When we got back we found that we had got the sailing bug, well I already had it from years ago from sailing dinghys, but now it was back with a vengence.
Roll on the school summer holidays, boats have been watched on ebay, plans and dreams explored.
After chatting to the old man whilst playing snooker one evening, he poo poo'ed the idea of of getting something cheap to learn on and proceeded to tell me how much they had bought the caravan for a few years ago.
Now the idea was in my head that I could probably finance a boat, for an affordable monthly amount, and the idea stuck in my head, so I then started looking at slightly more expensive boats.
Which then led to a visit to a boatyard with one set of parents, and clambering all over the boats that were in our price range and 1 that wasn't.
We think we have found a boat that may become ours.
Applied for the Loan from our friendly bank online and my current account looks suitably swelled, I get a feeling that this isn't going to last though.
Well tomorrow I'm off to the boatyard again, to meet a marine surveyor and give the boat a good going over.
Will it be good news ?
