A few days ago I struck up a conversation with lady who has survived cancer twice, recently had major eye surgery, endured teaching children for over 30 years AND got her captains license. Interestingly, she was now ready for living the dream. Now with her ‘all clear,’ she was deciding whether to get a job[Read More]
buying a boat
Buying a sailboat negotiation tactics – our story!
If you told me a few years ago that my husband and I would end up being the proud owner of a 56’ sailboat and would be sailing around the world, I would have said, ‘no way – we could never afford a boat that size and how would we pay for our travels?’ We[Read More]
Sell up and sail away preparations – we successfully took possession of your new yacht
Sell up and sail away preparations Just before Christmas we returned from our epic first trip on our 2003 56′ Oyster. The trip was full of highs and lows. We were joined by pods of dauphins in the moonlight, survived a Force 10 ‘perfect storm’ and everything in-between. Our days were filled with excitement, adventure[Read More]
Sell Up and Sail Away Video 3 – Palma Mallorca to Gibraltar
This video shows me at my best and my worst! For the first time in my life, I spent 3 full days sailing. I experienced sunsets, moonlit evenings, continuous greetings from dolphins and I also experienced, sea sickness, a Force 10 storm and a longing for dry land! There are two other videos in this[Read More]
A lesson on stopping the 'what-if's' from taking over my life!
A lesson on stopping the ‘what-if’s’ from taking over my life! Move day is in 4 days! Or is it? Everyone in the chain was suppose to exchange last week but that hasn’t happened yet. To my best knowledge I think that all parties have signed the necessary paperwork, but that’s it. To make matters[Read More]
Life has slowed way down – is it the calm before the storm?
The days have sloooooooooooowed down Just the other day I felt as if everything was going fast – my days were over in a blink of the eye. The past few days, however, have been really slow, heavy and sluggish. Most of our house stuff is about to be disseminated across the town we live[Read More]
Sea trials on the Oyster 56 were a success – we love her!
Meeting the yacht for the very first time – Sea trials on the Oyster 56 We arrived in Palma, Mallorca late afternoon. The broker from Oyster picked us up at the airport and took is directly to the boat. During the car journey I was quiet and Simon tried to make small chit-chat. Thankfully the transit[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]
