Another milestone has arrived in our sailing project.
Addictive, our 30ft fibreglass yacht was the perfect training yacht and served us well coastal hoping up the east coast. This week Addictive’s new owners finalised the sale and will shortly complete the transfer from Brisbane to its new home on the Gold Coast.
Whilst you can cross oceans in a yacht like Addictive, we decided we wanted more comfort and safety to be comfortable cruising ongoing. Our dream boat has been gradually taking shape in Cherbourg, France over the last 6 months and finally has a name: ‘Away’ is expected to ‘splash’ in early July.
Away is not your average yacht. Away is a Garcia Exploration 45 designed to explore the less frequented parts of the world. Being 45 feet long the internal volume is much bigger than we are used to allowing room for some home comforts and a more comfortable ride at sea.
Aluminium construction and water tight bulkheads provide safety if we hit something hard
A lifting keel means we can get into shallow anchorages and are less likely to be capsized by large breaking waves.
Insulation everywhere to keep us warm when it snows.
Hot and cold running water and a water maker mean showers every day without going on deck and hanging the camp shower from the boom!
Ducted heating so we won’t need our little gas camping heater to warm our toes.
Thats the generator in case there is not enough solars, and the space next to it is where the washing machine will go.
France is one of the worst hit countries for COVID which is making our travel there in July very challenging, but we are sure we will find a way.
