Tuesday 28 October 2008

Mini Book Review: Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die

I was killing time in a bookshop at the weekend and bought "Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die" by Chris Santella.

Initial Impressions: My first reaction was to the "by the author of 50 places fo play golf before you die" on the cover. Now call me a cynic, but I'm already suspecting that the author is in this for the money rather than his love of sailing.

It's actually quite a nice coffee table book / spare bedroom fodder in terms of size and presentation. I'd have liked to have seen a few more pictures

I think the selection of the top 50 cruising grounds is a tricky challenge (though obviously less tricky than say the top 10) that being said he and his band of mercenary-contributors haven't done a bad job with the selection. The actual content is where the whole thing starts to fall apart. Having sailed in some of the places mentioned, I didn't find that the magic is really conveyed to the reader.

Thursday 23 October 2008

Irony

One of the reasons that we were looking at Sweden Yachts was that they were a brand we liked and we perceived them to be here to stay...

IBI News: "Sweden Yachts under Reconstruction"

YBW: Boat Yard Blues

The comment about Creditors agreeing to take only 25% of what they're owed feels very final to me.... Unless that negotiation has bought them time to continue on.

I guess we'll find out in due course.

Wednesday 15 October 2008

Looks like we're buying a boat...


We've been in negotiations for the last few days for the Sweden Yachts 36 that we went to see in Stockholm last month. A few minutes ago we had the offer accepted - so looks like we're buying a boat!
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