Hylas Rendezvous

Gaios – Paxos, Greece

Berkeley East and Amante were built at the same time, nearly nine years ago, by Queenlong Marine in Taiwan, and commissioned by Hylas Yachts, side by side in Hollywood, Florida. While the boats are the same brand, they are very different in size and design. We ran across each other during the following two years while cruising the Caribbean. And then the Amantes (Vanessa and Neal) came aboard Berkeley East in Sicily to see how the other Hylas owners live. We had a great time getting to know Vanessa and Neal better (see “Sorpresas in Italy blog update” )
and have spent recent years keeping up with them via email, Facebook and blog updates.

A few years ago, they brought Amante across the Atlantic and while both boats were in the Med, we were in the east and they were in the west. We were finally able to meet up this year in Paxos Greece for a mini Hylas Rendezvous. It is always fun to run across friends in beautiful far away places.