Background.

Just a quick post to get started. My brother and myself purchased Aretia last November. This came after selling our Hunter 19 (Red Star) which we sold the week before to a guy in Ireland....nothing like an impulse buy!

Well actually we had done a little research but I'll go into that later..... surfice to say thank god Winter is long, as the project list gets longer and longer and time seems to speed up more and more, especially with 3 weeks Snowboarding to squeeze in around work.

Luckily I keep the boat at work which is an old Lancaster Bomber Hangar so I can escape and spend a little time bodging bits together when ever I can. Once ready the SHIP is off to Rutland Water for trials, prior to, hopefully floating on some salty water at Wainfleet Yacht Haven and Skegness Yacht Club. (That's Red Star at Skeggy! above) An interesting place to sail!

To get out of the creak which is about 12ft wide and has a tidal flow you couldn't run as fast as, you have to dodge the Seals and the Snakes swimming in the river. I'm not kidding about the Snakes either and no they're not Eels! Then you had to head off across what looks like Paddy fields and turn right when you can touch an old wreck. From it's towards the RAF Bombing range and out though the sandbanks. All good stuff. I'm sure you can imagine the number of boats which go aground here! Even those who know what they are doing.

Once in the open sea it's just a case of avoiding the moving sand banks, the Windfarms, Gas Rigs, weather stations before settling down for a well earned beer.........

Again more on this later. Next Blog......... Hunter 19 Red Star project and then on to the current project.