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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Blogtober 18 - Ten useful things

Ten things that are surprisingly useful on a boat.

1. Stove top coffee maker. Saves space and makes nice coffee

2. Multi tools - because they do multiple things. Especially the sailing multi tool which works on water tanks, shackles, odd sized nuts and various other bits. Especially useful for old wooden boats 

3. Slippers

4. Plastic clip shut boxes in various sizes to protect things from damp

5. Vacuum cleaner. Especially for getting into little nooks and crannies

6. Silicon spatulas

7. Large builders bucket with a rope spliced onto the handle

8. Nice pictures. Makes a boat more homely

9. Umbrella. Useful, unless you are very superstitious. 

10. A dog. They can hear and alert to dolphin pods a long time before they can be seen and they are good at keeping gulls and the mess they make off your deck just by being there.


Flat silver metal tool with various cut outs and edges
'Seadog' sailing multi tool


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