Quick, quick..we need a place to live. We need a temporary pre-school to put our daughter in. We need to sell our current boat. We need to do so much and we don’t have the time! Yikes
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Everything was going well until we got this phone call…
Before leaving England for our sell up and sail around the world adventure, we need to make sure my father-in-law has a place to live and me, hubby and my daughter need a place to crash. My husband and I were hoping we could kill two birds with one stone – get a home for[Read More]
Negotiations 56 Oyster Yacht have finished but not without massive pain
All hope was lost so hubby and I decided to back down from negotiations 56 Oyster Yacht Who needs the exact ‘dream’ boat anyway? Why stretch ourselves to a breaking point when it’s going to cause us financial worry? Why get an amazing deal if the journey won’t be as amazing. Negotiations on our dream[Read More]
Getting the boat of our dreams – will we or won't we?
Negotiations are nuts! Will we or won’t we get the boat of our dreams? We have a reoccurring pattern that seems to happen in our large purchase decisions. Inevitably we always go after something that is slightly out of our reach. In the past we’ve gone after houses that were a wee bit too much[Read More]
Before I sell up and sail away I need to clean out my closet (in many ways)
Clearing out my closet – in more ways that one! From the overwhelming amount of tasks that need to be preformed before I sell up and sail away, I have a few that stand out as major stressors. The one’s that are currently niggling me are: getting my British passport (taking the ‘Life in the[Read More]
House sold, price on yacht almost negotiated – just need temporary housing now!
Three days ago, on Friday, we found a perfect 2-bed flat for my father-in-law Keith. He currently lives in an annex attached to our house. When we told him that we’re selling up and sailing away, he was a bit freaked out, to say the least. Keith thought he was set for life – no[Read More]
Oh crap – Are we healthy enough to sail around the world?
What’s our health have to do with sailing around the world? When anyone asked my husband or I what we really wanted to do, our answer was always the same, ‘We want to buy a 50’+ Oyster Yacht and sail around the world.’ For 15 years we’ve been dreaming and finally that dream is starting[Read More]
That’s it – I’m selling everything and sailing around the world!
That’s it – I’m selling everything and sailing around the world – the initial reactions to our sell up and sail decision covered the fear of death to worries about our child’s education. Upon my announcement to sell up and sail around the world, the reactions from others have covered a wide spectrum. One relative[Read More]
