Back on board

[sailaboutvic]

What could be better then after Three weeks away to visit family and friends being back on board in Tunisia
Sitting in the cockpit having lunch in a TShrit .
I remember now why all them years ago I decided on this way of life.

 

[Mr Cassandra]

What could be better then after Three weeks away to visit family and friends being back on board in Tunisia
Sitting in the cockpit having lunch in a TShrit .
I remember now why all them years ago I decided on this way of life.

Well done, have a great year

 

[25931]

I thought that you had been mob.

 

[RupertW]

What could be better then after Three weeks away to visit family and friends being back on board in Tunisia
Sitting in the cockpit having lunch in a TShrit .
I remember now why all them years ago I decided on this way of life.

I love a month or even 6 weeks on the boat but really miss London (other English speaking big cities are available) and actually would miss work. 6-9 months a year working and 3-6 months sailing and idling still suiting me but I know I that sailing is still a holiday rather than a way of life. Very glad you found out so long ago what works best for you.

 

[[3889]]

I love a month or even 6 weeks on the boat but really miss London (other English speaking big cities are available) and actually would miss work. 6-9 months a year working and 3-6 months sailing and idling still suiting me but I know I that sailing is still a holiday rather than a way of life. Very glad you found out so long ago what works best for you.

I missed London once...and have been grateful ever since.

 

[sailaboutvic]

There not much I can say I miss .
The top one is seeing my grandchildrens more offen , that followed by having a bath although I have known to get around that one by filling the dinghy up and floating on it , bubbles flowing over the tubes , a beer , while reading an old issue of YM , I do get some funny looks tho .
What's I don't miss is the cold, people meaning cars day and night, TV, junk mail,driving,road and walking rage, this list could go on and on .
One thing that sticks out being a liveaboard is how quickly you get to know other people in say winter stay in a marina , where when I was base at home East coast years and years in the same berth and other then the next berth boat owner I knew no one by name .

 

[jordanbasset]

I missed London once...and have been grateful ever since.

Yes I had a satnav like that

 

[GHA]

Second best bit of a trip to the frozen grumpy north is having an address for some ebay cheap electronics to play with.

Best bit is getting back to the boat

 

[geem]

The best bit for me being in the Caribbean is never having to do a UK winter. Sat in cockpit at 1715 with a rum n ginger, its 28degC and its January . Uk summers seem fine once you treat them as your winter.......

 

[nortada]

The best bit for me being in the Caribbean is never having to do a UK winter. Sat in cockpit at 1715 with a rum n ginger, its 28degC and its January . Uk summers seem fine once you treat them as your winter.......

Summers like winter - fully agree

 

[Crisby]

The best bit for me being in the Caribbean is never having to do a UK winter. Sat in cockpit at 1715 with a rum n ginger, its 28degC and its January . Uk summers seem fine once you treat them as your winter.......

As much as I’d rather be in the Caribbean than Vietnam, being here pays for the summer cruising in the med but I totally get not having to do the UK winter! 28-33’c here all year, I can’t remember the last time I felt cold but I will have a shock in a few days when I head back to the UK (5’c) for a few days before popping to Sicily (14’c) for some boat work. Now where did I put that fleece......

Chris

 

[RupertW]

The best bit for me being in the Caribbean is never having to do a UK winter. Sat in cockpit at 1715 with a rum n ginger, its 28degC and its January . Uk summers seem fine once you treat them as your winter.......

That's the only thing I regret about our plan next year to sail over to the Caribbean in January then have to get the boat delivered back in April to the Med thanks to work. I'd far rather leave it there but that seems much less practical from the UK than a base in the Med.

 

[geem]

That's the only thing I regret about our plan next year to sail over to the Caribbean in January then have to get the boat delivered back in April to the Med thanks to work. I'd far rather leave it there but that seems much less practical from the UK than a base in the Med.

We dont work anymore. We live off our property rents.
Lots of people we have met do leave a boat over here and come out for few months in the winter but I guess it depends on your kind of work. If you can work from anywhere with internet access then it doesnt matter where you are

 

[RupertW]

We dont work anymore. We live off our property rents.
Lots of people we have met do leave a boat over here and come out for few months in the winter but I guess it depends on your kind of work. If you can work from anywhere with internet access then it doesnt matter where you are

I can always take off 3 months or so a year but otherwise have to be onsite - might be worth thinking about leaving the boat over there from April to maybe November then having a Winter season? I've got plenty of time to decide so will do a bit of digging - I guess my main issue is security for a boat with so many possessions (although few of any value) completely unattended for months on end which we do in the Med Winter.

 

[geem]

I can always take off 3 months or so a year but otherwise have to be onsite - might be worth thinking about leaving the boat over there from April to maybe November then having a Winter season? I've got plenty of time to decide so will do a bit of digging - I guess my main issue is security for a boat with so many possessions (although few of any value) completely unattended for months on end which we do in the Med Winter.

It depends on your insurance company but you normally have to leave the boat out of the hurricane belt for the summer. Trinidad, Curacao, possibly Grenada. There are good secure yards in these locations. We leave our boat in Curacao if we fly home for part of the summer. Cheap flights to Amsterdam then cheapy flight to UK or in our case ferry over the North sea with mutts.
Although the Windward/Leewards are so much busier than 15 years ago its still a great place to sail. Wind on the beam, brisk conditions, a new country just a short sail away. 20 countries to go at in 500nm of sailing. Not too hot, not too cold and lovely warm sea all year around. Takes some beating

 

[RupertW]

It depends on your insurance company but you normally have to leave the boat out of the hurricane belt for the summer. Trinidad, Curacao, possibly Grenada. There are good secure yards in these locations. We leave our boat in Curacao if we fly home for part of the summer. Cheap flights to Amsterdam then cheapy flight to UK or in our case ferry over the North sea with mutts.
Although the Windward/Leewards are so much busier than 15 years ago its still a great place to sail. Wind on the beam, brisk conditions, a new country just a short sail away. 20 countries to go at in 500nm of sailing. Not too hot, not too cold and lovely warm sea all year around. Takes some beating

We know ?knew? the Windwards pretty well from chartering a couple of times a year in the early 2000s. St Lucia down to Grenada but mostly around the Grenadines. Pretty crowded then. I remember counting over 100 boats anchored in Tobago Keys in 2001 and most years you could walk across the bay stepping from on boat to the next in Saltwhistle, Mayreu.

 

[Contest1]

Not sailing as much as I planned but out twice already this year. Sunny days on board and a list of jobs that might eventually get done. If it wasn't so sociable here on the Costa Blanca I might be tempted to move on. Definitely getting over to the Baelerics this year. Same plan as last year but who cares.