OK. I'll add a salvage pump to my list - just in case we are moored nearby.

Seriously though, since I started doing calculations and did a spreadsheet on what income I needed, it has kinda made me feel that a smaller boat might be more sensible.

While I love the sense of hanging on the hook off a nice beach somewhere, the sense of security all snug in a marina berth also has an appeal sometimes. But the downside is cost. This appears to be a big factor.

Also, communications. I need Sat-Phone/Broadband to be able to work, and earn enough to be where I wanna be. Jeez! It's a Catch-22 situation again. Be just like paying the mortgage...

Naive I suppose, but all my life I've had visions of it being like the Eric Hiscock books I read as a youngster. The reality now seems very different. Much more commercialised. Gosh, have I really not noticed the changes taking place in the world in which I live?