I know everyone thinks I spend
my working life swanning around
from one boat launch to the next
but the reality isn’t quite as
glamorous. Obviously, it’s still way
better than an actual job but in
reality I spend 90% of my time sat
in front of a computer screen and
the remaining 10% running
around like a blue-arsed fly
desperately trying to fill the next
issue of MBY. The
only time I get to enjoy boating as
a social experience is when I turn
on the out-of-office email, head down to Poole with my family
and friends, fire up the engine on my own 22ft Karnic
and head out for a day on the water. It’s not flash, it’s not
luxurious and the water’s freezing but I love every minute of it.
So when an email dropped into my inbox at the end of last
summer asking if I’d like to experience a few days on board a
crewed Princess 72 Motor Yacht in Mallorca, I was actually rather
wary of accepting it. I’ve been around long enough to know that
there’s rarely such a thing as a free lunch and I wasn’t sure I was
comfortable with the idea of someone else looking after us. Call
me a control freak but that’s usually my job.
I was talked into it for two reasons. Firstly, the boat belongs
to Boats.co.uk and the Barke brothers who run the business are
as straight talking as anyone I know. So when they said they
expected nothing more than the usual honest, independent MBY
review of their newly launched charter service, I believed them.
And secondly my wife threatened to break my arm if I even
thought about turning it down. So I did the decent thing and
offered to take one for the team.
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