So, what is this then?
Basically, it's a (hopefully) easy way to keep family and friends informed about what we are up to on our boat and also give them (you?) a way to keep in touch and add comments and questions. It's also a way for us to keep a record of our trips on Luna and record them somewhere that we can come back to on long winter's evenings and dream about the season to come! Where to start? Well it started two months ago with a phone call to Phil Howling at network Yacht Brokers in Dartmouth. They had just put a Southerly 35RS for sale on their website. Until seeing the boat I'd had vague thoughts about selling Dream Weaver and getting a deck saloon yacht, but not done anything more than think... Actually, this really started a few years ago at the Southampton boat show when we took a test sail in a Southerly 35RS. The boats were still being made at that time and there was no place in our lives for a yacht, so it went no further. But, the Southerly made an impression with its layout, ease of handling and great performance. Those memories were awakened by seeing the website, so I found myself on the phone to Phil on the Saturday morning, making an offer on a boat I had not seen! Following a successful survey, Whisky Mac became ours on Monday 7 June. In the meantime, we had sold Dream Weaver and she had been shipped off (by lorry) to her new home in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Whisky Mac was picked up by John Shepherd Boat Transport on Wednesday 23 June and delivered to Silvers Marine on the Rosneath peninsula on 24 June, where we saw her for the first time. And that is where she is now, with a list of work that Duncan Chalmers and the team will get done before she hits the water again as Luna. Why Luna? Easy really, Lucy Iona.
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