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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 5/6/2024 (lemmy.nz)
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Last week's thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

Something interesting that happened to you
Something humourous that happened to you
Something frustrating that happened to you
A quick question
A request for recommendations
Pictures of your pet
A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

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[-] Username@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 months ago

Stuck in interviews all week. Trying to find somebody to help with my project. Is a full time job right now. In other news, we are buying a boat and planning on living on it. All the inspections have been organised this week so we are one step closer and I’m really excited!

[-] Albatr0ss@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Wow, that's awesome. Anywhere in particular you want to sail to, or will it be a park up in a marina kind of thing?

[-] Username@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago

We are buying the boat along the east coast of America so we are going to hopefully start by exploring the north of the east coast/Canada and then head down to the Caribbean for Christmas. After that, who knows. Fun fact: she was a marker boat for the Americas cup in NZ so she can certainly get us back home if we muster up the confidence!

[-] Albatr0ss@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That's so cool! Keep us updated with your travels, if you'd be up for that - I'm sure a lot of us here would find it really interesting.

[-] Username@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah, sure!

[-] Xcf456@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago

That's so cool, like a sailboat/yacht? I love the idea of getting a liveaboard boat and doing something wild like sailing across the Pacific in it.

I say this as someone with exactly zero sailing experience, but the idea going such a huge distance using mostly the wind would be such an adventure.

[-] Username@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 months ago

Thanks! Yes a sailboat. We’ve been getting ready for this for quite a while. Took a bunch of courses and bought a starter boat that we would go away for a few months at a time in to see if it was really something we could do and to make sure the dog could handle it. We did that for a few years and learnt what we wanted from a full time boat. I hope the inspection goes well. Can’t wait to finally start the big adventure! It will probably be quite a while until we feel experienced enough to cross oceans but I’m just excited to spend more time on the water!

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