We are now at the mooring where we will leave the boat for the winter. It’s a large marina and we are surrounded by many of the boats we met or passed over the last three years. Tonight we will meet up with two couples, 1 NZ and 1 UK, who we know and are also getting things done for winter.
We still have a couple of weeks before we fly out on October 25th. We’ve have decided we are returning for another three months before we put the boat up for sale. Rob has some work to do on the teak deck so he will come over in April. I will come the first of May. May, June and July we’ll stay in the area doing lots of little trips rather than doing the distances we’ve done before. Just take it easy. Then we’ll leave it neat and tidy, turn it over to a broker and hope it sells for a good price. It is in perfect shape, but is 27 years old. The interior is also very desirable as we have a walk around bed (unusual for a boat), good storage and teak custom interior which they don’t do much anymore.
Today the weather is warm and gorgeous. We had lunch on the back deck and it felt just like summer. Two days ago it was raining and cool. We never know what we will wake to. The leaves have started to change which is always so pleasing to the eye. We are looking forward to going home before it turns cold.
We met a man the other day who walked up to the boat to chat with Rob. He saw the Australian flag. He’d been on a friend’s boat for the last two weeks. We asked him how he liked it. He said, “Not much. I’m not used to doing nothing”. My first thought was, he just doesn’t get it. It does take a certain kind of person to enjoy this. Then when I sit down to write you, his words come back to me, for I have nothing to write about. The scenery is pretty, the food is good we visit with people, we read and walk with the dogs. We like it.
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