new to this.

[cerne]

Hello everyone just wanted to say hello.

bought my first yacht a month ago an moving into her in early june. she will be my home in a marina. got plenty to learn about boat maintenance ecte. Always loved the sea and ships so after a windfall i decided to buy a 30ft jeanneau sunlight. Im not a rich man so il be on a tight budget ....but heh you only live once.

done a little sailing on yachts an a schooner...but want to do my competent crew and day skipper.

Hope to get to know some of you on here.

cerne

 

[Mrnotming]

Welcome aboard Cerne,
There's a vast amount of talent and information on here, so look forward to hearing more from you!

 

[cavancullen]

How are you getting on and what marina are you planning to stay in?

 

[Tony Cross]

Welcome to the forum. You'll get good advice on here and in a mostly friendly atmosphere, but if you wander into The Lounge you need to develop a very thick skin very quickly.

 

[vyv_cox]

Welcome to the forum. Here's a little newby advice, meant in the most constructive way-

1. Before asking a question that has been asked a hundred times before, do a forum search. Only then ask any supplementary questions that still need to be answered.
2. Don't just reply to a thread that half answers your questions. Some of these threads are ten years old and need to be left in peace. Start a new one.

Otherwise, most of us are more than happy to help.

 

[Mr Cassandra]

Welcome and ask away, the forum would die if everyone took the above advice .

 

[Oscarpop]

Welcome.
Just enjoy it and your new life.
It's how most of us start. I did. Bought a little boat without knowing anything. Progressed from there.
Now, well we still liveaboard but we have sailed far from home, and live in e sun as was our dream.
I still look back on the early days with fond memories , and whether I'm stripping down a water pump or changing engine oil, it all started with my first little boat and asking on this forum for advice .

 

[vyv_cox]

Welcome and ask away, the forum would die if everyone took the above advice .

Not sure that's true but I agree that some of us give the same advice many times over. Reviving ancient threads almost always meets with disapproval. Far more acceptable to start a new one.

 

[Tony Cross]

See. We can even have an argument on here!

 

[vyv_cox]

See. We can even have an argument on here!

I hope you are not including me in 'we'.

 

[Wansworth]

If you are staying \board all year round look at the idea of a full cockpit enclosure...... if the suggestion wont start an argument

 

[Tony Cross]

I hope you are not including me in 'we'.

Hmmm. I always understood that 'we' was fully inclusive, so yes. And are you trying to start another argument?

 

[cerne]

Hi guy

settled in nicely on the river orwell thank you been here now for 3 weeks managed to get a wifi booster set up to get broadband This involved drilling a hole in the deck an making a watertight seal apart from that leant how too unblock the head all new too me learnin from on here an books. definitely have made the right move just need to get some heating sorted out for winter.

Thanks for the kind words all.