Having spent a little time living on board our current yacht, a C&C 34 called ‘Casino,’ Cara and I weren’t too worried about living on ‘Taurus,’ which is a little bigger at 39 feet long. We had applied for and gained ‘live aboard status’ at our local yacht club, the Otago Yacht Club, which was…

Having woken up to find the kids gone and the pets dead, Cara and I decided that we should buy a boat, live on her, and work towards cruising full time in a couple of years. This blog is an attempt to record our journey for our own benefit, so we don’t make too many…