Gillaroo

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The Build
2003

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Infusion
2004
Assembling hulls
2005
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2006
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Interior
2007
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2008
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The Launch
2008
First time
Relaunch

Cruising
2008

Ireland
N.Spain
Portugal & Tarifa
Canaries

Cruising
2009

St Vincent & Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
Dutch Antilles
San Blas Islands (Panama)
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Panama - Perlas Islands
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Canaries
Crossing between islands we had a wee race with another cat. This is me tensioning the screecher halyard to try and get a bit more speed. The result below, our bowsprit started to come apart !
This was the last sail of the screecher which never really worked. We have replaced it with an old spinnaker which we picked up from a cruising Trimeran for 500 Euros and had done great service since.

A quiet anchorage until midnight when in came the Aida Bella with lightsblazing and playing loud 80‘s German disco music ! We have been pursued be her and her sister ships around the Canaries.

Yellow submarine. Note the desolate scenery and elegant housing in the background. We thought most of the Canaries were ‘A slag heap with tourist villages’. They must have had good salesmen.