| Date |
|
Key:
|
 =
Equipment Notes, etc.
(Possibly of general interest) |
 =
Diary/Sailing Log entry
(Of interest to me!) |
|
September 2012
to
October 2012
Choosing a Boat! | 
I'd thought about buying a cruising yacht for quite a long time but I wanted to find one that I would be sure to use - two many boats are hardly ever used. This
photo album illustrates the criteria which led me to choose a Baycruiser 20. The process started at the Southampton Boat show when I looked at the cabin variant of the Hawk 20.
|
23th Oct 2012
to
24th Oct 2012
I bought a Boat! | 
I drove to Gwbert on the 23rd October 2012, looked at the BC20 Sigma Six, and discussed the boat with Matt Newland. I stayed overnight at the Cliff Hotel (to "sleep on it") and in the morning placed the order for Seatern. Unfortunately Swallow Boats had just had a successful Southampton Boat Show with a number of new orders so Matt warned me that the boat would probably not be completed until late summer 2013, however I should have it for the end of that season. The photo shows the Teifi Estuary from the Hotel.
|
17th March 2013
Daisy Grace | 
Visited Julian Swindell to look at BC20 no.1 "Daisy Grace". The photo is from his web site which is an invaluable source of information for anyone thinking of buying a BayCruiser (or having one built!). The visit convinced me that I wanted a full height bulkhead fitted across the port side of the cabin, similar to the one Julian has built. I am also going to have a boom gallows similar to his as part of the mast lowering arrangement.
|
30th May 2013
to
1st June 2013
a Dorset trip | 
Having heard I was having a boat built, John Green who also lives in Priory Road, phoned to see if I wanted to do a trip crewing on his Moody 33. I was pleased to have an unexpected sail, and the trip influenced my choice of instrumentation to fit on Seatern.
(photo album).
|
