i've lived on sailing boats of varying different lengths depending on the state of my finances on and off for about 20years
i've had Hunters most - i started with a Europa 19 then i had a Sonata (dinghy for grown ups) then a duette then 2 more Sonata's then i
rode bow on a Sigma 33OOD and loved it so moved and just ran bow on that until i got my Ker 9.8 and now am awaiting the arrival of my Ker 33
i own a Ker 9.8
racing yacht - basically she's a stripped out sled with a bit of a hammock in her and the rest is just pure
storage - dedicated shelving for
sails / fenders warps etc.....
galley is a
single burner camping cooker on the floor and the
toilet is a portable one and a
shower well that's what the sea is there for
so back in july i put pen to paper on a
contract for the latest edition of the baby Ker raceboat - she's a Ker 33 IRC
asymmetric version and i got a test ride in the one that's currently sat in the UK as a demo
boat and
OH WOW what a machine she is
so easy to handle -even
single handed she's a dream
is she worth £191 and a bit k ? most definitely -- i love my floating houses to be fast / exciting and cos there's only me and my dog there doesn't need to be all sorts of stuff down below
Chilli -- my
current house and the yacht that i've agreed a
price in part ex for it is nothing short of sparse inside --- there really isn't anything in it - in fact if she got broken into whoever broke in would be delightfully disappointed
Chilli -- is going cos she's just carrying too much
draft - she's nearer 10ft down there and Roobee Toozdy is nearer 7ft down there which makes hell of a differnce to getting into and out of
marinas especially on the north wales and north
west coast of
england
so come january i'll be moving into my new house complete with it's full cruising
interior that'll prolly end up get stripped out in favour of sail shelves and more
storage plus it'll be easier to keep clean and tidy etc.....
best bit about owning and living on a
racing boat is the
deck that open stern means that my doggy who loves swimming can just dive out the back and is really easy to recover too
plus cos its open transom all
water just goes out the back - if it rains then the
water just drains away all on it's own
it'd be no good if i had small
kids but cos it's just me n dog it's spot on and just well -- works
am gunna do the whole western isles of
scotland next year i think - i was looking at it this year but it became a
draft issue for most of the places when i was looking at low tide tide markers and finding that i'd be needing to rely on my
RIB more and more.
2016 - the year i actually take off and do things