Charleston, South Carolina As Hurricane season approached, Mary, Christian and I left Ft. Lauderdale on our first offshore passage to Charleston, SC. We had an exciting first 24 hours covering 235 nautical miles that Mary described as a “run away freight train“. After that the wind died and we motored, arriving in Charleston 40 hours […]
Ft Lauderdale, Florida Brad Strom (Storm Rigging), Kyle Jackney (Hylas Yachts), Mary and Larry out for her first sail and rigging checkout. Everything went well and we had a great sail.
Hollywood, Florida Arriving back in Florida after the Christmas holidays we found the Awlgrip and rigging complete. The boat had been moved to Wilshire Marina on the ICW in Hollywood Florida, which would be her home for the next few months while the commission work was completed.
Port Everglades, FL Sigrun Bolten arrived in Port Everglades Florida as scheduled on December 15, 2006. We were able to join Brad Storm and Rick to assist with the prep and offloading of our Hylas 54 from the freighter. All went as planned as she was lifted of the deck and gently set into the […]
Kaohsiung, Tawian We made a quick visit from Sydney Australia to Kaohsuing Taiwan to check on progress and got a bit of a surprise. Our October delivery was now looking more like December or January.
