The summer of -15 was saved by a trip to
Croatia, where we from a seaside restaurant observed the boatlife. We were impressed by the size and the comfort of the sailing catamarans.
We discussed returning next year hirering one, but never did. We continued websurfing different models, and went to visit a Norwegian
Lagoon 38 to see if we liked it. We were impressed by the size of it, but not completly convinced. And then there were the finances...
The last weekend of august, we drove to a
boat fair in Orust in
Sweden, a drive of 10 hours, to see the
Lagoon 39. In addition we could get a look at the FP Helia 44.
We fell in love.
Returned to home, put our home out
for sale, and ordered the Helia.
In these days we are waiting for it to start production, to finish in june. We emptied our large house, some of the stuff is stored, but most of it we
sold or gave away or just threw away. As I write this, we live at my mothers place, in a bedsit in the basement
We intend to live in our
boat, and have got a one year
lease in a local marina. We are planning to take our time to get familiar with the boat, and to learn to sail it. We have some
boating experience, and are good at listening to good
advice, and we are careful about what we do. We respect both
weather and our own limitations. We have beautyful surroundings here on the western coast of
Norway, we are just hoping for a nice summer.
We also
work on the src sertificate, and are going to learn a little more in the autumn. We are planning on a D5L exam, we dont need it formally to sail the boat, but we want to be best possibly prepared[emoji4]
Our currently biggest issue is the name of the boat!
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