Wednesday, August 12, 2009

11 months to go...

As we'll be casting off the lines for the Caribbean around July 1st, 2010, it is now less than a year before this long anticipated date. A good time, it seems, to start the story of our preparations and tribulations to get out there.

The reason I post this now, is because I succeeded in buying a second hand wind vane. I've been looking for a used Hydrovane for a while now, and I was just starting to take a concrete interest in actually buying one. And then, all of a sudden, two appeared for sale the same week! I bid on both and ended up paying £1000 for one in good condition somewhere in the Welsh Wild West (Cardiff).

Needless to say, this is a bargain price and what could have set me back £4500 (list price) turned out quite nicely. This leaves more for other equipment, of course, since there is no doubt that I will be spending quite a lot of money on other goodies before next July.

But self-steering is now officially off the list of things to get! Now only to mount it on Victor Too's nice fat transom.

Things to come, things to do...

We're off to England for a well deserved holiday!

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