Paul&Ness
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Hi All, I have been a member of the Forum for a while and have found it to be a great source of knowledge in the build up to me buying my first Motorboat. Having recently completed on the purchase of our new, to us, 'Princess 368', 1992, we are looking forward to being active members of the forum and equally active cruisers 
As well as a full survey and an additional engine survey by VaSi (2 x cummins 6BTA5.9 M2 engines) we have changed the carpets and the curtains, installed new Garmin Radar, chart plotters and numerous other bits and pieces in order to stamp our identity on her. Currently called 'Fenland Dancer', a bit of a mouthful when spelling phonetically so we may change her name in due course but I am struggling to find a name that fits the boat and her new crew. I recently enjoyed the pleasure of antifouling her bottom and thankfully I had a willing helper so it turned out to be not as onerous a job as it could have been. She was lifted back into the water a couple of weeks ago and since then we have polished her to within an inch of her bulkhead linings and for an old girl she is looking really good, even though I say it myself... The previous owner had had her for about twelve years and had done a good job of looking after her so it made our job a lot easier. Still a list of things to do but I am looking forward to working my way through the list, which I know will continue to grow, and watching her develop into our home on the water.
I served 24 years in the Royal Navy, man and boy, and have always enjoyed being on, under and near the water. After sailing dinghies for many years, off and on, up and down Southampton Water, Plymouth Sound and on various lakes it's quite a jump up to a twin engined MB but we could, so we did
My wife is much more into horses but has mucked in and is taking to it like the proverbial duck...
So being new to MB's we booked and have, this last weekend, started our education in becoming responsible boat owners by undertaking the RYA Helmsman's course under the excellent tuition of Dave Luetchford of 5 Star Marine. Dave was a true star throughout the two day course, he passed on so much more than was laid down in the syllabus and left us on Sunday evening a lot more confident about the purchase of our MB and has given us the confidence to go out and enjoy our time on the water. We'll continue our education with Dave over the next few months, year etc so that our adventures can take us beyond the Solent :encouragement:
As well as a full survey and an additional engine survey by VaSi (2 x cummins 6BTA5.9 M2 engines) we have changed the carpets and the curtains, installed new Garmin Radar, chart plotters and numerous other bits and pieces in order to stamp our identity on her. Currently called 'Fenland Dancer', a bit of a mouthful when spelling phonetically so we may change her name in due course but I am struggling to find a name that fits the boat and her new crew. I recently enjoyed the pleasure of antifouling her bottom and thankfully I had a willing helper so it turned out to be not as onerous a job as it could have been. She was lifted back into the water a couple of weeks ago and since then we have polished her to within an inch of her bulkhead linings and for an old girl she is looking really good, even though I say it myself... The previous owner had had her for about twelve years and had done a good job of looking after her so it made our job a lot easier. Still a list of things to do but I am looking forward to working my way through the list, which I know will continue to grow, and watching her develop into our home on the water.
I served 24 years in the Royal Navy, man and boy, and have always enjoyed being on, under and near the water. After sailing dinghies for many years, off and on, up and down Southampton Water, Plymouth Sound and on various lakes it's quite a jump up to a twin engined MB but we could, so we did
My wife is much more into horses but has mucked in and is taking to it like the proverbial duck...
So being new to MB's we booked and have, this last weekend, started our education in becoming responsible boat owners by undertaking the RYA Helmsman's course under the excellent tuition of Dave Luetchford of 5 Star Marine. Dave was a true star throughout the two day course, he passed on so much more than was laid down in the syllabus and left us on Sunday evening a lot more confident about the purchase of our MB and has given us the confidence to go out and enjoy our time on the water. We'll continue our education with Dave over the next few months, year etc so that our adventures can take us beyond the Solent :encouragement:
