May. 18, 2007 - Where do Fibre Glass Boats Go When They Die?

Earlier this evening Trev called out, 'I've got an email that will interest you'. The new owner of Boojum had come across this blog, read about my hankering after her and sent a message! I have often wondered who bought her and where she was. Its kind of nice to know. I follow what's going on with a few boats that I like. Her new owners sound delighted with her and ended the message with 'give us a shout if ever you are in our area'. Its a long way from us but, you never know where you may visit. Of course there is a small risk that if ever I did get to see Boojum, I would refuse to get off, haha!

I came out of hibernation in April due to the gorgeous weather. I love my weekends and living here is like being on holiday. My new weekend job is to sand the varnish off of Beroe's capping rails (I'm not the fastest!). I've really enjoyed being back on the moorings in Poole again after a year in the local marina. Its like coming home. There are always people around, always something going on. Lots of tea breaks. We also see more of the crowd from the MFVs that we met when we got 'Jasmine' and joined them for a great evening BBQ on the quayside followed by a really amusing session at a local pub. Some people can make you laugh so much your sides hurt. The marina was full of rows and rows of boats. Mainly motorboats.Yet the weird thing was that apart from when Beroe was on the dry, we didn't really see many people around. All these boats that seemingly (also) go nowhere. It also got us to thinking just how many fibreglass boats there must be in the world. But where do they all go when they die?