Boat Eve - 49° 38' 27" N 01° 37' 00" E

 

Today, our boat is perfect. She has been built without a flaw, the construction is millimetre perfect and everything is to specification. There is not a thing that needs fixing, not a screw or a swage that needs tightening and the engine does not need servicing. Everything is running flawlessly.  It is gleaming and clean.  There are no smells of diesel, of damp or blocked loos.  She is simply perfect.

And tomorrow, she will be ours!

And then the fun will start!  We will find the things that weren't quite built right. We will find the things that need fixing and tightening and servicing.  Things will break, the heads will block and the rig will chafe. There will be oil leaks and diesel spills and screws dropped into the bilge.  But for today, she is flawless.

We are not really sure what tomorrow looks like but we do know we will not be sleeping aboard tomorrow night.  That will happen later in the week. We have training which involves opening everything and poking our noses into all her systems, nooks and crannies. We will lift the sole, delve under the beds and crawl into lockers.  We don't need our stuff onboard when we do this.

We are excited but calm and will sleep soundly tonight dreaming of our perfect boat!