Last night we visited Denis and Rosario aboard Counting Stars for a few cocktails and dinner. What a fantastic evening, thank you so much! Counting Stars is in beautiful condition and it is hard to comprehend that Akupara will someday resemble the same, but having the opportunity to visit a Whitby in such fine condition has refreshed the drive to get Akupara completed. Just as soon as the cobwebs from last night clear a bit anyway 😉
This was actually the first time Andrea and I have been aboard a Whitby 42 while it is afloat, and we were not disappointed! Counting Stars is as solid as we expected and barely nods “Hello” to you when you come aboard, which is exactly what we had read in all of our research.
Andrea and I spotted many similarities and also a few differences between Akupara and Counting Stars, and we also saw a lot of great ideas that we will steal and incorporate into Akupara, up to and including the hard dodger, I think.
There were 2 other guests as well last night and with 6 people aboard, there was still lots of room for all of us both in the cockpit and in the main salon! This is exactly why we went with a Whitby 42, but it is always different, actually experiencing it, as opposed to just thinking about it!
We shared a lot of good stories, a lot of laughs, I think more than a few bottles of wine, and as the night grew longer, I think the length of some of the tall tails grew in unison, which ended in a few calls of “BS” from some of us! But it was all in good fun and always ended in more laughs!
We can’t wait to return the invitation and have Denis and Rosario over for dinner on Akupara, but it will be a little while yet! 😉
Weird going to a boat directly from work in nice clothes and leaving just as clean as when you arrived. After a while you begin to think that all boats require dedicated dirty work clothes just to visit! 😉
As we made our way home, we spoke about how this is what it is going to be like in the future when we are actually out cruising, and why we are working so hard now to make it happen.
Great boats, great people, great laughter, and great anchorages, and maybe a tall tale or two thrown in for good measure!
Thanks again guys, the break was truly appreciated!!