It’s more than a little cliched but this was the moment we’d been waiting for. Of course as usual there were a bunch jobs to be sorted before we could cast off. Adrian from Insight Marine was down to help out with the electrics and instruments. Alex and I also needed to attach the bracket for outboard – a job which carried out with the maximum of effort.

And then it was off…check out the gallery for some photos of our first weekend of sailing…