{"id":314,"date":"2026-02-14T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/?p=314"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:35:48","slug":"finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/archives\/314","title":{"rendered":"Finally\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.8rem\"><em>February 14th, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re absolutely thrilled to share some great news: we\u2019ve received confirmation that the sea trial <strong>will go ahead on Wednesday the 18th<\/strong> <strong>of February<\/strong>, weather permitting. Preparations are now fully underway to make sure everything runs smoothly so that\u2014fingers crossed\u2014we can officially accept the yacht afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, Ilse and I have become pretty skilled at communicating with hand signals when anchoring. But given the size of the yacht we\u2019re buying, it felt like the right moment to take our communication on deck to a more professional level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So this Valentine\u2019s Day, we treated ourselves to our <strong>very first official purchase for the yacht<\/strong>: a set of marriage savers. A practical, symbolic, and slightly romantic gift to celebrate that we finally have a confirmed date for our sea trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4925-EDIT-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4925-EDIT-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4925-EDIT-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4925-EDIT-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4925-EDIT-1234x1536.jpg 1234w, https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4925-EDIT-1646x2048.jpg 1646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small step\u2026 but a very meaningful one on our journey to becoming yacht owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay tuned\u2014next stop: sea trial day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 14th, 2026 We\u2019re absolutely thrilled to share some great news: we\u2019ve received confirmation that the sea trial will go ahead on Wednesday the 18th of February, weather permitting. Preparations are now fully underway to make sure everything runs smoothly so that\u2014fingers crossed\u2014we can officially accept the yacht afterwards. Over the years, Ilse and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sea-trial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingadriana.com\/sailing-adriana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}