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An advert on apollo duck for an Albin Vega down in Littlehampton, there were only 2 photos but it looked good and I had missed out on another Vega on the south coast just the week before. I arranged to go go down and have a look on Monday 9th June. I had just finished a week of night shifts ; bet hell I wanted a yacht ! . My mate Neil rang me on the way home from work and said he would like to come down too, he had family down that way, so we could pop in to see his old man on the way back....plus he could poke me in the ribs when I started to nod off.
It was a good drive down and we arrived at midday. I rang Andrew who was selling the boat on behalf of his father and I was soon walking into the boatyard shed for my first look. Kieth, Andrews dad ,was there and I have to say the boat looked pucker. Lovely and clean and best of all a brand new engine .
It was a good drive down and we arrived at midday. I rang Andrew who was selling the boat on behalf of his father and I was soon walking into the boatyard shed for my first look. Kieth, Andrews dad ,was there and I have to say the boat looked pucker. Lovely and clean and best of all a brand new engine .
Kieth showed me round and all the work done looked to have been done to a high standard . All receipts were present plus all the original handbook. Inside was clean and well thought out and I could stand up...just.
I had a look at the mast plus all the kit that had been bought for the boat ie windex, radio, echo sounder ect. Sails looked good as did the standing rigging. If I had bothered to charge up my camera I would have had more photos.
So after a good look over the boat and a chat with the boatyard owner, who had fitted the engine and had done quite a bit of other work into the boat. We headed off back to Kent, stopping off to visit Neil’s dad on the way; always a pleasure.
Update... I have put in an offer for the boat and it has been accepted in principle, I am going back down to Littlehampton on Thursday [ the 12th ] to finalise the deal. It could all go pear shaped yet, but it looks like I may have found my boat. :-)