Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[mclaincausey]

@ARNC:

She looks great. Hope everything works out.

If she's like a "floating cottage", I'm wondering if there's a way of incorporating a (salt-tolerant) garden somewhere onboard.

100% can do indoor LED-based hydroponic gardens in a closet-sized enclosure that would provide enough greens to keep them flush with salad, or a smaller-scale operation on the kitchen counter. I have some friends doing the former with a proprietary commercial system, but it would be very easy to build one to spec.

[jordanscollected]

quickshot idea @Giles. You should charge @Alex $x.xx to advertise on the boat. That is, have him foot the bill for a sail with the Iron Heart Logo on it.

[Giles]

Hahahahaha, but it does not have a sail 

[jordanscollected]

Sorry @Giles, must be a language barrier. Or I simply don't know the definition of sailing a boat. In which case I'm excited to sail my Lund bass boat in a few months time.

[Alex]

Sounds like a good deal to me…

[Giles]

@jordanscollected:

Sorry @Giles, must be a language barrier. Or I simply don't know the definition of sailing a boat. In which case I'm excited to sail my Lund bass boat in a few months time.

There's a picture of it in the first post 

But perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a motor boat (see what I'm dealing with here, a woeful lack of any idea what I am doing)…

[Giles]

@Alex:

Sounds like a good deal to me…

[mclaincausey]

[vaquero357]

…@Giles if all those jeans in @ROman's closet were Iron Heart you could afford a bigger boat!

…"The two best moments of owning a boat, the day you buy it and the day you sell it".

[vaquero357]

…I've had subscription's to boat/ship magazine's and drooled and dreamed about doing what you're doing, bravo! bravo! Taught myself to boat and sail and have a library of books pertaining to both!

My two baby's that I gave up for adoption.   Onward and upward to the next obsession!

Boston Whaler Montauk170
Flying Scot

[henry_david]

Ah, that Boston Whaler looks wonderful, @vaquero357 

[vaquero357]

…thanks @henry_david! The Killer!   @Giles they must never stop 'polishing and waxing' on those big boats! :o  Hope your shoulders are in good shape!

[68degreesorless]

Congratulations! Wishing you both the best of luck. I admire your courage and curiosity.

[Alex]

@Giles:

@jordanscollected:

Sorry @Giles, must be a language barrier. Or I simply don't know the definition of sailing a boat. In which case I'm excited to sail my Lund bass boat in a few months time.

There's a picture of it in the first post 

But perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a motor boat (see what I'm dealing with here, a woeful lack of any idea what I am doing)…

Motor Yacht, i think is the technical term. But it sounds a bit wanky

[Giles]

@Alex:

Motor Yacht, I think is the technical term. But it sounds a bit very wanky

[Giles]

Better picture….

[jordanscollected]

A name for a boat is a very personal choice, but have you considered a Japanese name? You were a "trailblazer" in the Japanese denim world and it brought you a ton of success. You will continue to blaze trails in retirement in all your travels.

Japanese for Trailblazer is "Senku-sha"

[Giles]

Thank you very much Jeff. You continue to humble me…We're mulling over names at the moment.  Currently, the boat we are looking at, has quite a nice name already, so we may stick with that.  When I can let you know what it is, I will.

[mclaincausey]

I wonder if there'd be room for your kayak up where that raft dinghie is @Giles ? The Padmore flotilla…

[Giles]

Yes, there is room up there for a load of stuff inc the kayaks….