So excited! Today we move onto our boat. And it's not the one I posted on Facebook.
It's Pegasos, a Sea-Runner Trimaran.
It all happened quite quickly. We had the huge disappointment of nearly buying a very nice but unusable leaking boat.
Then a desperate scramble to roll back the payment, which had already been converted into Aussie dollars and was well on its way to the seller. Luckily we had not used a bank for managing the foreign exchange transactions but instead used an agency Currency Partners (http://currencypartners.co.za). And they were brilliant. For anyone wanting to move money out of South Africa, I can't recommend them highly enough.
We went back into boat hunting mode, and new on the market was one of my all time favorite designs, a Jim Brown designed center cockpit SeaRunner Trimaran, the 37 foot version. And beyond what I can afford, but anyway ....
So we moved fast and now it's ours. And in a few hours it will be our home.
More pics will follow in the next blog ...
3 comments:
Congratulations... We're Looking forward to seeing some more photos of your new home!
So pleased to hear you've found a yacht that you feel so chuffed about buying! I Guess a trimaran is super stable and steady on the water.....😊
Good luck with settling in and creating your newest home!
xxx
Thank you for letting us share your first sail aboard with our final one. We hope you love her as much as we did. She is a great cruising boat and home and I have no doubt you will have plenty of adventures aboard her.
I look forward to reading about your ongoing adventures! Clarissa x
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