Hola!!
Emboldened by the warm encouragement and extraordinary good grace of our fellow cruising community herein further and better ' intell ' of little or no consequence , but symptomatic of our escalating effervescence as our seachange approaches with all the stealth of a tsunami.
Our new Home " Alidade ".
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She is
Hull No 1. In anticipation of the traditional observation that ' one never buys the first of anything , we are emboldened and fortified by the knowledge that the Outremer Grand Mott geniei assert she was built with great love and care. They believed this new design would generate excitement and may be the subject of close scrutiny.
They were right
She won E.Y.O.T.Y.( European Yacht of the Year ) in 2010 ie
hull no 1 (Alidade) was the judges test
boat
We understand, Alidade then performed admirably at the
USA show circuit
before coming to the land of Crocodile Dundee and vegemite ( Our 2 greatest exports to the civilised world )
Two more EYOTY wins, suggests that notwithstanding the purported inanimate nature of our obsessions, there is evidence of D.N.A. in sailing catamarans.
So. full of fear and trepidation we now reduce material evidence of our respective lives to what can fit in a hire car to make the 2000 km trip to the Gold Coast.
A future pregnant with possibility but characterised by extraordinary and profound responses from those of whom , we have confided in.
" Yer gonna do what?!"
"You cant be serious "
"Why....??"
"Livin' the dream.."
" Can you sail ?"
" Yeah...sure! "
"Its been nice knowing you "
" But guys...you have such perfect lives...why throw it away...?'
The opportunity to behave irrationally and contrary to all that is proper and expected of us, has proven to be incredibly delicious and surprisingly aphrodaesiacal to jaded appetites.
So, just wondered if this is normal when two ageing professionals ...at the top of their
game and earning powers.....say....Seeyerlata and shoot thru.
Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon?
Is it normal to wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat screaming
" starboard " and discovering you have ' bowlined your partners nightie to the
bed post.
She rows in her sleep by the way.
Anyhow as threatened, we will share our increasingly weird life with you pending Moderator discretion of course.
Next ' rave ' ...when we move aboard.
If you have read this far...our very sincere gratitude...but you might consider ' getting out more '.
What is the nautical term for " seeyerlata-alligata ?
Georgie and John.