That was the boat that was... "Papillon"

Now that Papillon is sold; what could be more natural than a summary of the period of my ownership.. So...  it all started when I bought Papillon in March 2009 from Wilson's Boatyard on Hayling Island [clicky]. I remember distinctly offering the asking price immediately...  I'd been looking...

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"Papillon" is .. sold.....

End of an era... Papillon is sold - looks like she'll be heading west along the coast to Lee on Solent at some point in time..  probably next spring as the new owner would like to keep her at the club yard for the time being.. I'm happy she sold of course....  just not sure if I'm happy or sad at losing her!&nbs...

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"Papillon" is for sale..

For Sale - Fantasie 19 "Papillon" -  (sail no. 199) [clicky] LOA 19ft. LWL 16ft, Beam 6.25ft, Draft (twin) 2ft, Displacement 1568lb, Ballast 545lb, Sail area 150sqft, Construction GRP, Headroom 4.4ft. The Fantasie 19 was designed by Robert Tucker and is a 19ft triple keel GRP constructed...

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That was the year that was... 2012

Time for what is now my traditional review of the year past; I really enjoy putting it together as it's a good excuse to review and read all the posts, video and pictures from this years logs.... I would say that it's been a good year because of a few memorable events, but it's not been a classic...

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Not so much a bang as a whimper...

...so how did the weekend go? Well the title kind of gives it away.... I'd taken Friday afternoon off expecting it to be grey but with a little wind to allow some last minute perambulations round my little corner of the harbour, in the end it was grey, raining, and almost windless...  not a...

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Lift out approaches....

...and I'm still 20 miles short of my yearly target.....  ..."Papillon" is scheduled to be lifted on Sunday so I have the rest of this week and Saturday for the final push... I know it's not critical, but it would be nice to come in on target... That my friends, is a weather window...  ...I...

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"Marker" tacking session....

Yee gods, it was good to be back on the boat...  First time out since the Bosham trip at the end of July (10 weeks ago!), a huge hole in the middle of the sailing season, but couldn't be helped.. if the weather had been better I'd have been out well before now.. As  it was the sun shone...

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Messing about...

Not mine but gives an idea! With Friday off to go sailing, I was watching the forecast with more than a little interest most of the week....  first time out in five weeks so also...

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Southampton Boat Show 2012..

Saturday was the Boat Show in Southampton - briliant day out with the bro in law mooching around all the stands - I don't think we missed very much - certainly had the sore feet at the end of the day! This beauty was sailing past the pontoons in the afternoon - there were all sorts of boats, including...

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Delivery Trip... Redux!

...I should have called this post "what goes round comes round"... or even "I'm sure I've seen that castle before"...  Rod and I bought his boat Ami-Ly back round from Port Solent to Northney, this weekend just gone, to finish the repair job that he was half way through when we took her round...

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