Photo shop or not?

No photo shop is done on this picture, it is not a trick! 

Yet we are in Sunny California… not near San-Fransisco either,  and it is not May or June weather… or may be it is simply our eyes and we are not quite awake yet! But when we openned our curtains this morning this is what [...]

Blind date! What are the first impressions?

We had a good trip yesterday and were able to have a first look. The first impression was positive; clean very clean even, not one knick on the wood, it still smells new in some locker. A quick look at the system, it all shows a boat well maintained and not heavily used.

Action, we are rolling…

We are at that stage, when you have to put in the gears, the time when you come to the conclusion that the signature on the offer are from both side! It means we have a deal. Yes this happened yesterday and we are now in the process of finalizing the big day. Almost can’t believe [...]

Offer counter offer counter, the game can be long…..

Yes it’s a game, only a game and we love it!  Remember! we are not in love with a specific boat so no strings attached and we have time to think things through, and make wiser decisions, which makes for an easier ride.

The last few days have been fun and educational. As we [...]

The thrill of the negotiation, playing the game and learning how to say: “No, thanks!”

As all would agree; purchasing a boat either a catamaran or a monohull is a rather large purchase with a great deal of negotiation. In our case it has been a while since our last negotiation, meaning we are putting our head back into the mode! Our first offer was not countered offer and this [...]

WOW, so many Lagoons on the Market.

Catamaran market, is truly a strange one at the moment,  we have never seen so many 380s for sale on our side of the country or is it simply that our attention is now geared towards it?!…. There are some coming out of the woodwork as I am writing this… At this point we have [...]

And now how do you put your hand on a Lagoon 380.

Having made our mind, we decided to visit one again just to make sure. You never know, do you? Through our business we have friendly contact, with the local charter company. A short walk over and we are in a lagoon 380 2003.

Thank you for giving us such quick access. We reviewed all [...]

The parameters of the boat search are getting narrower, really narrow actually.

We have now done few visits in the flesh, had many long hours talk with our cruiser friends, and feel that we have enough bandwidth usage to the point that NSA could be wondering : what is going on here? As you can see,  we have narrowed the search to a more manageable number of [...]

Right at this moments, we would like to own a boat now!!!!!

Summer time, warm water and the local island don’t make it easy on us. The thoughts of relaxing at anchor under the clear sky, listening to the wave, make it hard at this moment. But again we haven’t found the boat for us yet.

Reading all the blog of people leaving, enjoying the long [...]

Catamarans, The complete guide for cruising sailors, George Tarjan.

 

 

Once in a while you get your hand a book, read it and say I feel it’s well written, exceptional pictures and include all the knowledge you need.

A few weeks back a friend, pass me this e-book. Having read a [...]