The film Things to do in Denver when you’re dead is inspiring. The actor Andy Garcia talks about his ambition to be standing on the deck of his yacht having boat drinks after he and his accomplices have pulled off some skulduggery.
My rather more modest ambition is to hire a boat, moor somewhere scenic and have preprandial drinks before the sun goes down.
The river Shannon might be a possibility if we get a warm spell. A boat that has two cabins, two showers and two toilets can be hired for a week at a time at reasonable rates…or we could buy a yacht like the one pictured above for a few thousand pounds, spend a fortune on mooring fees and maintenance and head out into the Irish Sea.
My parents owned a similar sized yacht for a while which we sailed in the Solent, a fairly calm stretch of water between the South coast of England and the Isle of Wight. It made for exciting family holidays and an appreciation of the power of wind, tides and currents.
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