Thursday

We made the decision to sell Seren Môr back in August last year. At the time I wrote a diary entry which I never posted. The heading originally had a question mark. Now, it doesn’t need one.


Back in January 2009 I started writing this blog just before we bought Seren Môr, some three and a half years ago. I called the entry ‘New Year – New Life’ and so it has proved to be. From the process of buying and equipping her, through leaving our jobs and renting out the house, the excitement of leaving the UK behind us, wintering in Spain and finally reaching Greece it has been an extraordinary adventure. There have been periods of high exhilaration and times of sheer terror (for me anyway) along with episodes of fatigue and boredom. Throughout there have been amazing places to visit, places we would never have seen without this journey and extraordinary people we would not otherwise have met. I wouldn’t honestly have missed a moment of it. Even the low times have a particular significance because they triggered decisions that we might not have made otherwise and added new elements to the whole experience.

Having spent two summers in Greece (always our destination), really getting to know the places we visited and honing skills we would never have used otherwise, we knew we had a decision to make. Do we venture onwards, maybe to Turkey or perhaps Croatia? The world is a big place. There are so many places we want to see, so many things we want to do. Is a boat the best option for us or have we actually already achieved what we set out to do? Can we honestly see ourselves still living on board next year, the year after or indefinitely?

Reluctantly we have both come to the decision that it is probably time to consider selling Seren Môr. This is a much harder decision than selling a car or even a house. Not only is she our home but she feels like a living, breathing part of us. She has kept us in comfort and style, the envy of so many people we have met along the way. When her sails fill and her autopilot takes over she needs little input from us. She lets us know when she doesn’t like something and has kept us safe, at times despite us. How can we possibly part company?