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.

Endings and beginnings.


"It is not length of Life, but depth of life."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
It’s nearly the end of the chapter. One last journey will take us back to England. There’s just the minor detail that this involves a particularly notorious piece of water, the Chenal du Four. And a channel crossing. Across the shipping lanes. And it’s now winter. Did anyone mention the storms? Hmmm.
 
Crossing Biscay summer 2013
 
We love what we are doing but we are also quite excited about the opportunities waiting for us when we get back to the UK. There are many things we are looking forward to doing and seeing. Plymouth will be our first stop when we return to England. We love Somerset but we have to consider practicalities – where do we park the boat for a start. At the moment we are thinking about settling somewhere around West Devon or East Cornwall. Well, for a while at least.

It will be strange adjusting to a new life. There are certain skills which we will need to brush up on. Recently we discovered that the youngest deckhand, who can independently put on his lifejacket and lifeline, needed help with a car seatbelt…
 

Spain to the left, France to the right at Hendaye.

While we’ve been away we have also been planning. CV writing, scribbling ideas, testing things out and researching. One evening we sat and read through 32 pages of legal contract! There is also an ever growing ‘wish list’ of other adventures, long and short, far and near.
 
This is an opportunity for us all to take on new challenges and we fully intend to. New adventures and new chapters in our families story are waiting for us.
 

Sunset.


 
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