When did you first go sailing? I first went sailing with Dad, urm, with the Pheonix yacht club, which was when we first met paul and susan. Which is probably about just a year before we got married. So about 25 years ago. Yeah so probabably just a little over 25 years ago at the Pheonic Yacht club, which was the one that used to be the BP yaught club, and then BP sold the boat club and lots of BP members clubed together and started the pheonix yacht club. Whats your favourite sailing memory? Oh, well croatia was pretty good, I know that was the last one, and also... sailing around the coast of portugal and spain. Which I think is before we got married, before we had kids anyway. When did you first take me on the boat with you? Wow, When you were a baby you went on Peggy. Now, got to think if that was right. How old?... when did dad get peggy? You were a baby. When did you first go sailing with Dad? 25 years ago, Pheonix Yaught club. First sailing was with Dad.
Where did you keep the boat? Peggy was kept on rivers near Maldon. So, the river crouch. There were 2 places Dad kept it, one was the Crouch and I’m not sure what the other one is you’ll have to ask him. Why did you buy a boat? Dad brought a boat because he loved sailign and because he always wanted to have a boat of his own. he loves Cornish Crabbers and other boats from that maker. Do you remember the day we were on the boat in the photos? Ur yes, Some memories more stronger than others. Why did you sell the boat? Dad sold the boat when we moved here, just because we didn’t have any where to keep it. he can answer that better. We moved here so the practicality of him going sailing and where we could keep the boat. Dad will give you a better answer.
When did you first go sai When I was 10 years old.
When did you own your first boat? Dad owned Peggy. Whats the name of the boat? Peggy. Officially Dad owned the boat.
How did you sell the boat? He used a broaker, but again you’re going to need to ask him about that. Where is the boat now? His first boat? Peggy? On the water I hope. Don’t know. Don’t know.
Whats your favourite saili
Uh, when we get the, Sigma Ireland, Southern Ireland
When did you first take m with you?
I would say, and I might no ing this right, that there’s p when you were still in your months.
Do you remember the day we were on the boat in the photos? Yes, of course.
Why did you sell the boat?
Uh, because we moved to Wokingham, uh, away from the coast.
How did you sell the boat?
I sold it back to the agent I bought it through. The guys name was Alex.
Where is the boat now?
Well, I don’t know. Uh, I kind of look out for it when I see Shrimpers. When I, when I sold the boat, it was on a trailer. It was a four wheel trailer. The guy came to pick it up, and when he was taking it back to, you know, to his home, one of the wheels fell off. And I think he said something like he was going along and this wheel came rolling past.
Whats the name of the boat? Peggy.
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Where did you keep the boat? Maldon.
When did you first go sailing with Mum?
Uh, well, the reason I said that Sigma nationals, because mom was there, but probably a couple of years before that. So, that was 96/ 94.
When did you own your first boat?
Um, well, full ownership or part ownership? Well, I kind of got involved in the BP yacht club, when it became the Phoenix Yacht club and I invested, so that was about 94 as well.
Why did you buy a boat?
Uh, cause I liked sailing and we were further from the club boats. There are two hobbies, I worked out, one called sailing and one called boat ownership, you know, it’s just a bit more involved and if you own your own boat you get to do exactly what you want with it. You know that I bought that in 2000 when you were born and Ella was two, and then it was a nice thing to do as a family.