Moving onto Tarka

With Tarka in the water we officially have a new home.

(There are a lot of links with this blog, but they are all awesome!!!) (I may be bias)

Tarka: 

Boat type: Albin Vega, hull number 1639 of more than 3,000 built in Sweden

Length: 27 feet

Width: 8 feet

Standing Head Room: 5' 10'' (great for me, not so great for Jon)

Draft: 4' 6"

Weight: 5,000 lbs empty, 6,000 lbs loaded

Sloop rigged

Cutaway Full Keel

Sail Area/Displacement ratio: 17 (a fast boat, even in light wind)

2005 Beta Marine Diesel with 800 hours

And She's been around the world. Click here for the story of that voyage that took place in 1985. 

And Here to see her her rebuilt in 2005 by Alan and Felicity (the owners before Lindsey and Margie).

And finally Here if your interested in more info on the Albin Vega 27. Which you should be. Because they're the best.

A fridge?! Yup. Jon gets cold beer.

Discovering all the goodies that came with the boat.

All of my cloths fit neatly behind the seat.

Dishware included!  

Starting to feel like home!

My first meal on our alcohol stove: scrambled eggs. 

Jon servicing the winches. 

Cleaning the sails.

And sometimes you have to have drinks on the fancy Catamaran your friends are watching.With our boatyard neighbors Matt and Hillary.  Click here to check out what they've done to their boat!

Three generations of Tarka owners (plus Hillary - HA!)

Alan and Felicity (Owners of Tarka before Lindsey and Margie and the maker of our current sails) having a look at the condition of the sails. They estimate they have 4-6 years of sailing in them. Sweet!!

Putting up the sails!!

A couple of island sign for ya: