What's going on with the boat?

After ten years living on Tarquilla we have moved to land. I'm often asked if we love the house or miss the boat and the real answer is - both. We still have Tarquilla and we are open to all options at the moment as far as her future is concerned. We will carry on working on her, it would be great to be able to sail her again. The Scilly Isles, Portishead marina, Bristol harbour and Falmouth are all places we have talked about as well as many others further afield. But, on the other hand, if a family was looking for a boat, ready to do the preparation she needs and wanted to take her on then we would sell her. She is not ready to sail off into the sunset but has a lot of life left in her. If you or someone you know would be interested then please contact us. She is 3 ply cold moulded, 42 foot long, one off design built in the 1960's. She has 2 double cabins and 2 single berths, a good size saloon, a decent size galley, head and a covered cockpit. She has two engines and a full suit of sails. We have lots more photos and can provide more details or answer questions. In the meantime, this blog has come to a natural pause for now as we take on new adventures.
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Back to school?


It was that sort of time, September had begun, the shops had signs up advertising ‘back to school’ stuff, lesson plans for boat school had been written and were ready and waiting.


As the 3rd of September rolled around for another year, the eldest deckhand had, not unreasonably, asked if we could start back after his birthday so the boys spent the morning reading (literacy) and building Lego (fine motor co-ordination, following sequential instructions) and the afternoon found us all body boarding on the beach (PE, physical geography and team building/PHSE).

 
By now facebook was full of pictures of children off to school in smart new uniforms but there was a walk that we wanted to do in the morning (PE, nature, physical geography, history, RE and verbal French) then we had to prepare the boat for moving (problem solving, responsibility/PHSE), and write up the journals for Bourgenay (literacy) and another day had gone by with no school.


Thursday morning we were on the move fairly early and travelling most of the day (PE, physical geography, nature, literacy, time/speed/distance calculations/numeracy) although they did listen to music including the new Peter and the Wolf CD I had ordered for boat school. Once we had arrived and had a wander around (PE, French, political geography) that was another day gone. Maybe school could start in the morning?

  
studying the pilot book
Friday was a sunny day despite the weather forecasts and knowing that there were large shops a reasonable distance away (well, quite a long walk actually) we decided that stocking up was a priority so off we headed to spend the morning shopping (PE, numeracy, literacy, French, political geography, PHSE/lifeskills). After a walk around locally to explore in the afternoon (PE, physical geography, nature, RE) another day and the week was almost gone, by the time they had read their books and played on a new numbers game on the tablet there was no time left for any school work!
 
 

 

So there we are, the lesson plans remain untouched and boat school has not yet started the new term, maybe we could fit some learning in next week?

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