Newport Marina is well set up with good facilities and very suitable for our needs. We may be here for another week or so - as we have no time agenda and Peter wants to get a few tings sorted on the boat. The boat really is very big and well designed - comfortable and pleasant. It must be as I still have lots of empty cupboard space. The weather has been picture perfect everyday, most days we go out for a sail to get more familiar with the boat and the conditions. The tides are such a big thing here that is important that we time our return to the Marina at the right time. We are berthed at the very end of one of the Jetties as we would take up 2 normal spaces. That makes it easier to berth and very pleasant to live on. Rather like a houseboat. We had a hire car for a week and have been madly flying around setting up (it is like setting up another home) and Peter has been buying up and replacing equipment and licensing the boat etc. New legislation here means that he must get a boat license so he will spend next Sunday at the Marina next door to obtain that. It was great to relax and start taking things easier today - my biggest challenge was remembering what to take me when I did the washing. Firstly I forgot money and then I forgot the pegs!! The exercise was good..