John and Kristiina from
Kauai, HI.
We recently purchased our first sail
boat, a
C&C Landfall 48 as we like to start small and go from there. LOL.
You would think that
buying a
boat would be a simple process and it should be. Ours, not so much. It started out to be a normal
purchase. You look at several of them, find the one you like, do the normal paperwork and inspections, close the deal.
We were on
vacation in February, saw the boat,came home, made the offer, paid the deposit. Enter COVID, lock down all travel. Start the longest boat
sale in
history. I was finally able to return and complete the deal in Sept.
The deal is done and we are the owners of Halekai (Hawaiian for house on the sea).
Kristiina has more sailing time than I do. She grew up sailing with her
family and both of us crew on a 30ft Olson at our local yacht club where I am the Rear Commodore. (Nawiliwili Yacht club).
Most of my
boating experience has been with power boats.
As a boat
Captain and
Scuba Instructor, I spend a lot of time on and in the
water around the island. I have been a ocean lover all my life. Kristiina loves
wind and waves and camping and found
boating to be a perfect combo of all those. She also likes fixing things and problem solving
.
I am looking forward to
retirement, cruising the world aboard our newly acquired full time job ... boat
Aloha from SV Halekai
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