GRP, currently in Wimbledon, will be on The Blackwater as of 20th May.
I'm buying the boat from a retired RN Commander in his 70s. Apart from a long career at sea in the RN and US Navy I think, he has rowed the Atlantic twice and sailed it 3 times (not in the Drascombe). He bought the boat and modified / restored / fitted her out to sail round the UK potentially non-stop and potentially singlehanded. Unfortunately COVID lockdown, family commitments and ill health stopped him from making an attempt. Apart from a few trips from Southampton Water all he managed was 500nm of sea trials which included crossing Lyme Bay alone at night in a rising gale. Its tragic he never set out on the trip. Although I don't anticipate sailing round the UK once I have reorganised my life next year I plan to use her regularly so at least his hard work will see some reward if not by him.
He's selling the boat (which effectively is an expedition boat), tender, trailer, outboard and a mountain of kit for less than half what I think he's spent on her.
