Again we were able to meet with the local broker and had access to look at Liberty, she was lovely with a Mike Hawker style painted hull, she was missing a few essential items that we would need to instal, she certainly was worth considering. We loved her painted hull but we were still not convinced this was the one.

We thanked the broker and drove off with no idea where to go or what to do next.

St Augustine, old city is a very busy tourist town with narrow streets so we felt kinda lucky when we found a parking spot outside an “Australian Pie Shop”  - that Craig could not resist, plus they had barista coffee and free wifi. It was metered parking and by the time we left we had spent a small fortune in the parking meter. 

So we sat writing lists of all the pros and cons for each of the vessels we had looked at.

We were weighing up our options, there was still not a boat that had ticked all the boxes but all were better than the original boat we had paid a deposit on and left home to come and buy. 

Back on the internet Craig was going back over the Hunter 49 yachts for sale and he 

casually mentions “there are two for sale in Toronto, Canada”

Toronto “Pending” 50ft   2014 built 

Wiarton “Adriana 1” 49ft   2010 built 

So sitting in a little Aussie themed cafe weighing up our options, we still hadn’t found a boat that “gave us joy”  we made the “well we have come this far, why not go to Canada and check out two more” decision. 

Ps. The meat pie wasn’t that nice, nor the coffee but the free wifi was excellent. We managed to get Canadian Visas, book early flights the next morning to Toronto and organise an appointment to see the next vessel on our list.

It was hard to leave St Augustine without exploring the old city but we will be back.