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This is the blog of Evolene, a Nauticat 42 which we (Stuart & Emma) bought in August 2022. In many ways Evolene found us when she was put on the market by her previous owners just as we started to search for a bigger boat to replace our Moody S31 ‘Tomkat’. The fact that such a good boat was on our doorstep, in Rhu Marina, just 5 miles from James Watt Dock in Greenock where Tomkat was berthed made it all too easy. We combined a weekend away with a viewing and test sail and made an offer there and then. Photo from the advert Evolene is a Nauticat 42, built by Sitala Yachts in Finland. She is hull number 21 of 80 and was delivered to her first owner (a Swiss gentleman, hence her name) in 1999 in Nice on the French Riviera. A few years later she moved to the south coast of England and then, in 2015, to the Clyde. She is very much at home in Scottish waters with a fabulous pilot house, very comfortable accommodation and a strong 110hp engine which is reassuring wi...