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.

Blogtober 2 - have you seen these?

Going on from yesterdays post where I talked about why we started blogging I thought I would dust off a couple of older blogs. We started back in January 2012 and at that point I had no idea about keywords, linking and sharing. Quite a few blogs only reached a few people. That was fine because they were intended, as I said, just for friends and family at the time and I only expected a handful of people to be interested.

 

Empty sandy beach, gentle waves, blue sky, family in woolly hats and wellies running through the waters edge
Carteret, France January 2012

Having looked back through some old ones we've written it is amazing how some things date. A blog from 2012 about the internet feels like it comes from a very different time even though it was written less than 10 years ago! I also apologise now for my long, long sentences at times, ellipses containing far too many dots and the many other grammar errors that now make me cringe.

So, three old posts that I felt deserved to see a bit of sunshine (and are still relevant):

 

1. Vendee Globe and other explorers we have met - A blog about feats of endurance, ambition, amazing challenges and the people that undertake them

 

Looking aong the length of a racing pontoon on a river with small boats moored bow-to, blue sky, people on pontoon preparing sails
Mini Transat racers, Sables D'Olonne, France

 

2. Children welcome - A blog about travelling with children and how we are all different.

 

3. All about me - A boatschool blog of the primary stage learning we covered around how bodies work, what makes them unique, what is a living thing and genetics. Talks about how we approached learning on the boat.     

                     

Two children and a dog bent over looking for things in the sand on a beach, dressed in warm clothing
Looking for life to classify

                                

Having been doing this for a while now we have connected with other bloggers and enjoy following several blogs - many boat related, others not. Our link list can be found on the left hand tab under Sailing blogs we like and Other blogs we like. We are also connected to some networks which are a great way of finding new, interesting people to follow:


Find some contributions from us on:
http://themonkeysfist.blogspot.co.uk/ (no longer updated but still a good resource hub)


Delighted to be on this list with some amazing bloggers and adventurers: https://ditchingsuburbia.com/resources/fulltime-boating-families


and this list too from Behan on s/v Totem who have an amazing blog, well worth a look:
http://www.sailingtotem.com/blogging-families-afloat


and chuffed to bits to be included on this list:
https://www.sistershipmagazine.com/chart-topping-blogs/

 

I know that reading blogs can be quite time consuming but if you have the time you can find all sorts of interesting things on just about any topic you can think of.

 

Maritime charts flatlay

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