Today is the 19th of September, we’re anchored in Vlikho and we should stay here until tomorrow while Scott does what he does best: make things work. So I decided to take the time to write a summary of what has been happening since we arrived in Greece to get Miss Bossy.
Well, we flew on the 29th of August and we met Miss Bossy on the day after. At the time she was called Catzmaiborne and we had the pleasure to meet Phil and Suzzy, the owners. They bought her new from Ancasta on the Southampton Boat Show in 2003.
Phil and Suzzy took the time to show us the boat on which they have been living their lives for the last 6 years, tell us some of the adventures, funny stories, interesting people and wonderful places that they had the chance to see throughout their journey.
We fell in love with the boat at first sight. The love and care that Phil and Suzzy have given her was clear from the most pristine engine bay we have ever come across to the affection that they talked about her.
The survey and sea trial were scheduled to the 3rd of September but by then, something extremely bad would have to come up to put us off. Well, it didn’t. She passed both the survey and trial with honours.
It was Friday the 4th when we took possession of the boat and baptized her as Miss Bossy. It was also when our belongings arrived from London. Well, half of it. So we had to stay and wait for the other half that came on Saturday morning. I confess that looking at those 20 big boxes averaging 30 kg each I thought we would slow down the boat with so much weight and also, where on earth were we going to fit all of that??? Well, it was a lot of work but somehow everything fitted nicely and we still got loads of room to spare. Nice:-)
Since then, we’ve been wandering around the Greek waters of the Ionian Sea, sharpening our sailing skills, meeting great people and having a wonderful time. Meanwhile, Scott has been installing new bits and pieces of equipment that he swears every single one of them is a must have. As soon as they are all in place, we’re setting the course to our first great journey all the way across to Brazil.
Catch you later,
