Well...

Got back last night, spent the first two weeks looking at boats and quickly decided a Catamaran was a no go... to hard to get in and out of and not a lot of space in the bedrooms, they are better than mono-hulls for getting about on but not much good for this fat, old, cripple...

So it looks like it will be a Motor Yacht, a full displacement "Trawler" type one with a rear cockpit... something like this one..

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1991/Grand...rOcsvkrKCh

We travelled from Cape Canaveral to Fort Myers the first week, stopping at different hotels each night, then rented a boat in a marina for the second week in Fort Lauderdale...

The pick-up we hired was supposed to be a Chevy Silverado but they didn't have any so we ended up with a Nissan Titan 5.6ltr V8 320bhp 540nm.... It was very good at burnouts and really needed it's traction control or you'd just sit still spinning all day long...!!!! We did about 1,700 miles all in all...

It was huge, this is it parked next to a Grand Cherokee... the FF felt small when we got back home...



We were going to spend the last week chilling out down the Keys but the weather was terrible, rainy and windy as a result of the tail end of the front that dumped all that snow on New York etc...

So we did something we've never done before, we went on holiday, whilst on holiday...!!!!

Settled for a week all inclusive in the Carribean, only two hours away by plane from Miami and it was full sun and 29deg every day....



I do like the way the Americans love cars, they all love anything with wheels, they even bling up the electric carts they use at the Airport.... Check out those rims....



So, more research, then sort out a charter on a motor Yacht to check if we really like it.... can't see why we won't though...

And yes, the pick-up was a laugh but I did miss the FF....

Hope you were good...

Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Pete

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2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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Welcome back Pete...

Do hope that you're not intending to post pics of ya white bits!  GONE 2010 Facelifted 3.6 TDV8 - Stornoway Grey + 22" Overfinch Olympus
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HAVE 2015 Jaguar XF.

Welcome back Pete. . I like the look of your boat,
but I can't get this image out of my head.

Great film but from National Geographic Channel.... Sort of puts it into perspective.....

SHARK ATTACK FACTS

93% of shark attacks from 1580 to 2010 worldwide were on males.

In 2010, North American Waters had 42% of all confirmed unprovoked attacks worldwide (32 attacks).

Surfers accounted for 50.8% of all attacks in 2010.

Swimmers and Waders accounted for 38% of all attacks in 2010.

Snorkelers and divers accounted for 8% of all attacks in 2010.

Inflatable rafts/inner tubes accounted for 3% of attacks in 2010.

2010 was the most dangerous year for unprovoked shark attacks in a decade with 79.

Over the last half-century, there have been more unprovoked shark attacks in Florida (27 out of a total 139) between 2-3 pm than any other time of the day.

New Smyrna Beach in Florida is the shark attack capital of the world according to ISAF. It is estimated that anyone who has swam there has been within 10ft of a shark.

September is the month with the most Shark attacks in Florida (93) 1920-2010.

Since 1907 201 out 220 Great White Attacks have occurred when the human was less than 6ft from the surface.

You have a 1 in 63 chance of dying from the flu and a 1 in 3,700,000 chance of being killed by a shark during your lifetime.

Over 17,000 people die from falls each year. That’s a 1 in 218 chance over your lifetime, compared to a 1 in 3,700,000 chance of being killed by a shark.

In 1996, toilets injured 43,000 Americans a year. Sharks injured 13.

1n 1996, buckets and pails injured almost 11,000 Americans. Sharks injured 13.

In 1996, 2600 Americans were injured by room fresheners. Sharks injured 13.

The US averages just 19 shark attacks each year and one shark-attack fatality every two years. Meanwhile, in the coastal U.S. states alone, lightning strikes and kills more than 37 people each year.

Since 1959, Florida has had more shark attacks (603) than lightning fatalities (459).

Since 1959, California has had more shark attacks than lightning fatalities (89/30).

Since 1959, Hawaii has had 97 Shark attacks but no lightning fatalities.

Only 5 people die from shark attacks yearly, while millions of people die from starvation.

For SAEL: Since 1905, Natal (where Durban is) has had 89 shark attacks and 27 fatalities.

For every human killed by a shark, humans kill approximately two million sharks.

Most shark attacks occur less than 100 feet from the shore mainly around popular beaches in North America (especially Florida and Hawaii), Australia, and South Africa.

In 2008 a Polar bear Jaw was found in a Greenland Shark’s stomach.

A whale shark can filter 1.5 million litres (400,000 gallons) of water an hour when feeding. That’s enough to supply 1,000 US homes for a day



I've told SWMBO that we're not having any air fresheners on board, that'll sort it....

I do look a bit like Quint.... well lived in but not as much hair....!!! Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Don't listen to them you don't need a bigger boat
I know the Grand Banks well and the 49 is lovely and big too , I prefer the Europa lay out but it's harder to find and as a 91 build it will be the narrower hull. In fact my father has had two Grand Banks built and I have done a lot of time on them and love the quality of the engineering but it's like everything , you buy on condition and get a good survey. 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

Cheers, that is just an example of the type of boat we will go for, I too like the build quality of the Grand Banks but we will look at others, got a few things to sort out at home before we go back on a serious hunt....  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

WOW! PETE.
you certainly went for it.
Well done mate.
nice to see you back.

Cheers Greg

miggit wrote:

Hi ya Buddy, back home to do some 4 wheel sailing? I liked the look of the power plant in that tub that you posted the link for

1 mpg is bad, but as it runs on red there is s saving there, and if you keep it state side it will probably turn out to be economical that your ffrr over here

That is a seriously lazy engine, should last forever and then some  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
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