2025: Life Changes

During 2024 I became resigned to not having the energy I had before covid.  I’m expecting to sell Seatern during 2025 and to that end I started getting her back in order, including repairs to the aft deck.  I was pleased that she is still sound and will look a lot better once I’ve cleaned her up and used boracol on the teak.

So for the future my links with sailing will be mainly watching from the Coastwatch stations.  I can’t really complain about that,  it is a pleasant occupation and we do serve a useful purpose.  Let’s hope the weather is better for photography in 2025.  I struggled to put together a 2025 Calendar based on the photos I took from NCI Stone Point in 2024.

….so, that was written at the start of the year.  The weather did turn out better… we had a hosepipe ban during the summer.  I showed Seatern to various people until finally a buyer was found and on 28th November I offered a “Black Friday deal”!  However the sale won’t be fully completed until next year when Seatern is collected.

The last three months of the year were dominated by health problems… a pain in my arm which was due to a nerve in my neck.  It was both frustrating and debilitating! Apart from the pain I felt perfectly healthy and there was nothing wrong with my arm except for the pain.  But the pain was enough to severely limit what I did during that period.