Apr. 12, 2007 - The Story So Far

After two years of owning a MacGregor and bareboat chartering in Greece & Croatia, we had decided the time had come to get what SWiMBO referred to as a "proper boat".  After looking at quite a lot of older boats, we visited the London Boat Show in January 2007 and to cut a long story short put down a deposit for a brand new Bavaria 30 Cruiser.

Delivery was agreed on as 4th May and at that point it seemed a lifetime away. But now it's only 3 weeks away!

Delivery will be to Ipswich and thereafter we will take Emjaytoo over to The Netherlands. We spent last year at Delta Marina on The Veerse Meer and have renewed our berth for this coming year, albeit a larger "box".

At present we are going through the proceedure of Part 1 Registration (necessary due to having a marine mortgage and taking the boat abroad). We had to have our MacGregor Part 1 Registered for the same reasons. The name Emjaytoo is yet to be confirmed by The Register of British Shipping, but we are advised that there is no other boat by the same name, so we have started the Blog off on the basis of her being Emjaytoo. If it doesn't come off, well we'll just have to change everything.

We are expecting to receive a telephone call any day now to say she has arrived in Ipswich ready for fitting out and commissioning. The excitement is starting to grow. In the meantime we amuse ourselves with plans for the four weeks shake down and then the passage from the East Coast to Vlissingen. I have never done such a long passage and so have a delivery skipper lined up to accompany me (and the other crew members) on the passage.

Apr. 23, 2007 - emjaytoo