MV Content
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2013
- Messages
- 116
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Vessel Name
- MV Content
- Vessel Make
- Fellows & Stewart 58' Pilothouse Cutter
After six great summers in BC, my wife and I decided to take Content home. We live in the UK, and we've been spending 4-5 months a year on board. We'd like to use her in there winter too, which means a base in the Med is most likely.
We'd been thinking about this for a couple of years, and it presented us with quite a dilemma: sell up, or take her with us. When we bought her, the hull was in great shape, but all the running gear needed updating. So we've made a big investment in time (and some money), repowering, re-wiring, re-plumbing, replacing shafts, and adding new electronics. And there's the emotional attachment too, not inconsiderable.
General consensus among boaters advised against the trip: the journey will kill her, or the warm water in the tropics will. We shall see.
So, we'd like to document the trip here, as we've had so much help and advice from the forum over the years.
I must say that the inspiration for the trip came squarely from @VicTrawler , whose epic trip was excellently recorded.
We started quietly, and suddenly, 4 days after rounding Cape Flattery, we're tied up in Garibaldi.
So it's real. I'll post as we go along, especially when we need some help!
We'd been thinking about this for a couple of years, and it presented us with quite a dilemma: sell up, or take her with us. When we bought her, the hull was in great shape, but all the running gear needed updating. So we've made a big investment in time (and some money), repowering, re-wiring, re-plumbing, replacing shafts, and adding new electronics. And there's the emotional attachment too, not inconsiderable.
General consensus among boaters advised against the trip: the journey will kill her, or the warm water in the tropics will. We shall see.
So, we'd like to document the trip here, as we've had so much help and advice from the forum over the years.
I must say that the inspiration for the trip came squarely from @VicTrawler , whose epic trip was excellently recorded.
We started quietly, and suddenly, 4 days after rounding Cape Flattery, we're tied up in Garibaldi.
So it's real. I'll post as we go along, especially when we need some help!