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Mission Statement: To build a capable, affordable cruising boat with readily-available skills, materials, equipment and facilities.
If, like me, you dream of getting out there and sailing/cruising the world's waters, this blog/site aims to show my approach to how to do just that. Capable cruising boats should not be limited to the reach of the rich and privileged. If you accept the premise that a 25 year working lifespan for your boat is plenty for you to achieve your dreams (seems reasonable!) and are not concerned about such capitalist constructs as resale value, then the capable cruising boat is within the reach of a meagre budget. Go for it!
The Miss Molly I Adventures - the story of our Pacific cruising -Click Here!!

Roofing

29/6/2017

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Look what I got :-)  11 sheets of steel roofing.

It doesn't match the existing roofing, but is the same as the roofing on my workshop building. So, I'll strip the roof side of the boatshed facing the workshop, use the best of the old sheets to complete the far side of the boatshed roof and put the new sheets on the side towards the workshop. Sweet!
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Sorting

27/6/2017

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Had a major sort out at the weekend. Basically emptied one workshop/storage area and moved other stuff (bicycles) in there. All of the boating bits from the workshop/storage area are now either in the boatshed or waiting to be moved there. There's a lot of thought and organisation needed. Progress :-)
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Another new page

22/6/2017

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I've added another new page to this site, chronicling our adventures with my first boat Miss Molly I. It'll be a long story and I'll be adding to it for a while until it's told in its full.
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Ramblings

13/6/2017

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There's not much going on in truth. I'm currently cladding the gable end of the house and finishing the balcony project off. My car needs some expensive repairs, so I'm basically skint and can't consider buying the roofing at the moment. I have, however, booked a sailing trip for this September to do the practical part of the German costal waters skippers licence - I did the theory and navigation parts last winter.

I did all of my cruising (back then) without any form of licence, with the exception of the restricted radio operators - it really wasn't necessary and nobody was concerned. We were boarded twice by the US coastguard, and they certainly weren't bothered. It was, however, very much learning by doing. (as an aside, I also did a course on celestial navigation, but on reaching the northwest Pacific was somewhat frustrated by days of blanket cloud and not a glimpse of the sun. I bought a GPS in Oregon!)

Here in Germany, things don't work like that. Licences are necessary - even to go coarse fishing! I have to admit, I also felt a desire to learn and improve, so I did the basic inland and sea boating licences here some years ago and wanted to go on from there. Doing it all in German is challenging, but I haven't regretted it at all. And one outcome now is that a group of us from the course have booked this trip in September - so, more sailing and meeting good people - what more could you want!!
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