A big hello to all the cruisers out there.
Just a quick brief on who we are and where we are at.
My name is Alistair and along with my new wife Nicola and our miniature Poodle, Tiny, have come out from
New Zealand, with the intention of
buying a yacht in the
Med and sailing the world.
I finished working at the end of last year, my wife finished 4 weeks ago.
My wife and I have had a very busy start to this year.
First was
Christmas back home in
New Zealand with the
family. As soon as
Christmas day was over, the house was prepared to be advertised
for sale in the new year.
The house was listed at the end of January and
sold 11 days later, we now had 7 weeks until settlement, selling most of our possessions and moving out.
Whilst all of this was going on all the
family from
Europe came to stay as we were married on 26th Feb.
Wedding, came and went. House settlement, move out and pack up, came and went and yes all very stressful.
And now here we are in Hanover,
Germany, traveling around and on the hunt for our yacht to
cruise the
Med for a couple of years.
Our second week away from New Zealand and we have an offer on a
Bavaria 47 Cruiser, Owner edition.
To make this happen so quickly, we hired a car in
Germany and we made the round trip down through Germany, through Switzerland and then to Pisa in
Italy. All up just under 2800Kms in 5 days. Yes a plane would have been a lot easier but we couldn't get one in time that would get us to view the
boat.
I will have a few questions and will spend time reading all the appropriate
forums.
Fair winds to all.....
Alistair
Sailing Tiny Nical
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