dizzy head

I can't blame Xmas for my spinning head. Its the fact that I've recently resigned from my previous job, more a series of "thanks but I'm not coming back" notes to my wonderful customers. Between them & ALDI I survived being lumped with no household income & no job, while having caring responsibilities to my two children & my mother who has since passed. I'll always be thankful for the reliable trickle of money that came in for a job that had such flexible hours. 
Anyway, I'm now largely commitment-free & have a new Oughtred Ness boat to get to know. Yesterday I rerigged the main halyard, fitted a proper bilge pump & bought flares & a radio. Today I plan to hoist the mains'l & muck about with parrel lines ? to ensure the sprit & boom maintain contact with the mast. Fit a tiller clitch & tidy the slab reefing systems. Then, if my son's car kicks over, go sailing. 
    Alongside all this good hearty fair, is the prospect of buying a kind of liveaboard boat to get me cruising through retirement. Its tempting to just get a large production boat & drag all my shit/baggage aboard, but lounging about marinas, slipways & mooring fields is not really my cup of tea. I want to be that odd fellow that went up that creek, or dried out on that bank & scrubbed his hull(s), or who sailed that little craft over that big sea. Basically, I'm thinking shoal draft & camping style accommodation. At the moment I'm thinking trailer sailor, bilge of centreboard yacht or trimaran. 
Farr 6000
Corsair 24 mach II

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