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Probably :) unless it is sold locally as there is someone interested...

So we are giving ourselves roughly 4 months for the French canals (Jul-Oct)and a month to get from south of France to Canary islands (not keen on exploring south coast of Spain etc)....then we are giving ourselves a year in the Caribbean (well 6 months till the cyclone season then 6 months along...

So decision was made, we submitted an offer and it was accepted for the dutch built yacht, will scavenge anything we can from the roberts and sell the rest as is, we will use the mast and boom from the roberts plus a few bits of kit and we've made solidified on a date of end of July to set off...

Well it seems we've struck a problem..which I'm almost getting used to as each year there seems something that wants to keep us back...this time it seems that we chewed more than we can handle...the project will take longer that we though to get sorted..and we really wanted to leave this...

And so I am also :) It seems that the stars have aligned themselves and I'm more or less 'positioned' into setting off...my job is not looking very brigh post April, the missus said yes to sailing abroad and a good mate of mine is sick of the rat race (or has been for a couple of years now) so...

I am sold...I think I will give it a go in my BR...have done some more research and I think my partner was the ultimate decider...more space is better ....so back to getting focused on making Rudy seaworthy :)

I am also thinking of taking my son who just started yr 7 out for a year or so...I've met a couple of couples who had their kids with them on their boat traversing through Australia at that time and the kids were really amazing, full of knowledge and zest for life that you don't see in kids...

So there were two issues...first the costs in marinas etc as a couple of people told me that I wont be able to find any/many anchorages until I get to Greece hence the concern as I dont think I could afford marinas all the way there if we were to take our time (which is why we would do it in the...

Thank you thats a great answer... I've no issues about getting the yacht ready, I did go into this with eyes wide open, probably a bit rosy due to the size etc but I do have a dedicated budget which everyone told me should be sufficient and I have a full time chap starting work on her 2nd week...

Hi All, I've a 42' Bruce Roberts which I am in the middle of sorting out back to her former glory however recently read loads about costs and issues with such a boat in the Med...so much that I am becoming concerned if I am up to the job of handling the BR...and thinking if I should not be on a...

Well thats the thing, inside she's actually quite good, some surface rust below cockpit from rain water and also up for'ed but looks like she's been tarred inside (or that stuff that you use on underbody of a 4x4) and looks quite strong...hull and below waterline anyway...the ceiling needs to be...

Hi Jassira, thank you that makes a lot of sense and is something that would be manageable by me. Tradewinds, that's what I'm battling with...For the money to be spent on blasting, then paiting then fairing I defo would be able to restore him properly inside (she's not that bad inside actually)...

Hello yes its been deleted..I did call my yacht another name and in trying to change things around wiped out the old blog...so now its: http://svrudy.wordpress.com

Right I think I should clarify the 30 year guarantee...so this is the guarantee that the epoxy people were talking about for when I wanted to fair the hull but thank you on your points re such guarantees, will keep my eyes open :) The blasting is a different animal...the company I spoken to...

Hi Everyone, just wanted to say that I've updated my blog due to some issues on wordpress site and the fact that the name of the yacht has changed...so its svrudy.wordpress.com Have a look when you can :)