Hi all, I have been home for a couple of weeks now and Cirrus is still in the yard at Porto Santo but she has a new owner! I put her on Ebay just to see what would happen and I was amazed to be inundated with inquiries and to cut a long story short she has been sold to a really nice guy who came along and paid my reserve price in cash. I guess he has got a bargain but I was delighted to get a fair price considering where she is! That is the bad news...........
The good news is that I shall still be crossing the Atlantic this Christmas with a guy I met in Spain in another little yacht called a Vancouver. Anyone ever sailed one?
Strangely enough he is just motoring into Porto Santo marina as I type - he rang me about 10 mins ago - his steering system has broken and he will be borrowing the one off Cirrus. (with the new owners permission!) and he will also be picking up some of my personal stuff - so a result all round! I shall be meeting him in La Palma (Canary Islands) and then heading west for the Caribbean.
I had a good long think before I sold Cirrus but the bottom line was that I hate sailing alone and I could not find a crew to go across the Atlantic so it seemed silly to hang on to her.
This way I still get to do what I set off to do and have the benefit of some company along the way.
Oh - my apologies for not updating the blog thing - I have been away with my long suffering wife in the caravan - (wonderful way to travel
-60 mph, no banging of heads, no rocking and rolling, and nothing broke!).... I shall make a real effort to get it all typed up asap.
I am feeling much better about the whole "adventure" now and not feeling like it was too much of a failure. I guess I needed to try it before I could discover my limits - one thing I do know is that long distance solo sailing is not for me!
I guy I met in Spain (Benjy, www.ventspleen.com) who has lived on his Pacific Seacraft most of his life kept telling me that "the universe will conspire to help me" - it looks like it has - much to my amazement!
I guess an Albin Vega forum is not the place for posts about a Vancouver yacht so I shall (sadly) have to refrain! My thanks to all who have helped with advice and kind words - it was much appreciated.
Regards to all.
John
The good news is that I shall still be crossing the Atlantic this Christmas with a guy I met in Spain in another little yacht called a Vancouver. Anyone ever sailed one?
Strangely enough he is just motoring into Porto Santo marina as I type - he rang me about 10 mins ago - his steering system has broken and he will be borrowing the one off Cirrus. (with the new owners permission!) and he will also be picking up some of my personal stuff - so a result all round! I shall be meeting him in La Palma (Canary Islands) and then heading west for the Caribbean.
I had a good long think before I sold Cirrus but the bottom line was that I hate sailing alone and I could not find a crew to go across the Atlantic so it seemed silly to hang on to her.
This way I still get to do what I set off to do and have the benefit of some company along the way.
Oh - my apologies for not updating the blog thing - I have been away with my long suffering wife in the caravan - (wonderful way to travel
-60 mph, no banging of heads, no rocking and rolling, and nothing broke!).... I shall make a real effort to get it all typed up asap. I am feeling much better about the whole "adventure" now and not feeling like it was too much of a failure. I guess I needed to try it before I could discover my limits - one thing I do know is that long distance solo sailing is not for me!
I guy I met in Spain (Benjy, www.ventspleen.com) who has lived on his Pacific Seacraft most of his life kept telling me that "the universe will conspire to help me" - it looks like it has - much to my amazement!
I guess an Albin Vega forum is not the place for posts about a Vancouver yacht so I shall (sadly) have to refrain! My thanks to all who have helped with advice and kind words - it was much appreciated.
Regards to all.
John
