Her name is Belle

Belle is a Moody 41 Classic with a blue hull and the most elegant lines I ever saw in a sailboat. She had all the items on my project list to instal in Noah and much more: Inmast furling mainsail, Self-tacking jib, swim platform, dual helms with large sidedecks and what looked like a very robust construction. My first thought was, She’s out of my league… but I can dream… and dreaming does not cost anything. I looked for an elevated location in the marina boatyard that allowed me to look to her deck and identify what I have read in my research, She’s a sturdy seaworthy ocean-going boat with robust contrution equipped with modern sistems She has not only been designed to look good, which the undoubtodly does, but also has been carefully thought out to be to be sailed shorthandled in all conditions. Everything seemed to confirm she was the one for me. Finally, after some weeks courting her, I gained the courage to ask the marina officer if they knew if she was for sale and some more information about the owner. They promised to contact the owner to check if they could give me his contacts. After a couple of weeks, I received the owner's email. I sent him a message showing my interest and my plans for her. He was not very keen on selling her but after some insistance and with the help of his wike who seemed a bit tired of boat life, he accepted to negotiate. It was a long and sometimes stressful process but we finally agreed in one value. it was a big effor for me but if I sell most of my stuff maybe I coul reach it. So I sold my car announce Noah for sale and all of my motorbikes and made the only decision possible, All or nothing. It took a wile to sell Noah and some of my beloved motorbike collection. Over the last years before the stroke I had collected most of my childhood dream motorbikes. nothing very fancy just some classic motorbikes and a one very special adventure motorbike. Acoording to my calculation selling all that might be enought to afford Belle. folowing our hearth might sometimes bring us pain and sorow but can also brings delight and joy, and we only find out if we try. After a deeper research I found out Moody Yachts had a great reputation bulding Seaworthy sailing boats since the 19th century, holding the title of one of the oldest yacht-building brands in the world. I also found out in my reserches this model in particular had ben specificaly designed with shorthanded sail in mind. With systems that seemed perfectly fitted for my condition. A self self-tacking jib and lead aft lines makes sailing short handed much easier and safer . ideal for me. I looked for an elevated location that alowed me to look to her deck and identified what I have read in my reserches and everyting seemed to confirm she was the one for me. Finally after some weeks courting her I gain the corage to ask the marina officer if they know if she was for sale and some more information about the owner. They promissed to contat the owner to check if the could give me his contacts. After a couple of weeks I received the Owner email. I send him a message showing my interest and my plans for her. He was not very keen on selling her but after some insistance and with the help of his wike who seemed a bt tired of boat life, he accepted to negotiate. It was a long and sometimes stressful process but we finally agreed in onevalue. it was be a big effor for me but after some resumed calculation I made the only decision possible. All or nothing.

After a few months of long emails with a stubborn Welsh, Belle was finally mine. Life 2.0 is on! Let the Project Tāmata beguin!