On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, we departed Ellös for Fredrikstad, Norway (72 nm north of Ellös) with various stops along the way–stops that we decided upon the previous night. Our only agenda is to get to Fredrikstad by early next week to export the boat by documenting that we left Sweden. Exporting the boat saves […]
* …. And NOW we are cruising! (May 18, 2024) Read More »
On Friday, MJ and I spread our wings and left the dock. We only motored a few hundred meters, docking at a new spot, but for us it felt like a significant event – we did it ourselves and suffered no damages. It kind of faded from our view though, when we were hit by
* Stretching Our Wings (May 14, 2024) Read More »
It’s Friday in Ellös and we had hoped to leave by Sunday for easy-going cruising up to Fredrikstad. When we began filling our water tanks today we found that the water was going into the bilge rather than into the tanks. We have three tanks: the two smaller tanks are empty, and the large main
* Not Leaving Ellös Quite Yet… (May 10, 2024) Read More »
We moved aboard Hokukea on Friday, May 3, and have spent the weekend unpacking boxes and making the boat habitable (outfitting the galley, buying some food, putting our bedding together, etc.). We still have a few more boxes of boat stuff to unpack and get stowed, and we hope to actually leave the harbor and
* Moving Aboard and Preparing to Sail (May 5, 2024) Read More »
What a great birthday present for Adam!…. and also quite a gift for MJ 🙂 We spent the morning reviewing all the interior systems of the boat, went for a late lunch at 1 p.m., and then out for a sail. The winds were brisk, about 20 knots, gusting to 30 knots. We practiced maneuvering
* Presenting: Hokukea! (May 2, 2024) Read More »
With a long layover in Los Angeles, and then another long layover at London-Heathrow, it took us 30 hrs+ to get to Sweden. But we finally did make it! All of our boxes of boat stuff arrived, and we were lucky enough to get access to a very large cart for moving our boxes to
* Arrival in Sweden and a Quick Peek at Hokukea (April 26, 2024) Read More »
Our sailing friends gave us a wonderful bon voyage party, and the farewell is bittersweet. It’s truly a hui hou (“until we meet again:), as we’ll be back in November. Getting to the airport was a bit of a conundrum with 14 storage boxes, 2 large duffel bags, and 2 backpacks, but Mark & Vanessa
* Finally on our way to Sweden (April 23, 2024) Read More »
Hallberg-Rassy sent us two videos and a photo on Monday, 15 April, showing Hokukea being lowered into the water at the boatyard in Ellös. There is a webcam in the boatyard and we were able to see that the mast was put on the following day. Seeing these big steps towards the completion of Hokukea
* Splash! She’s in the Water (April 15, 2024) Read More »
Adam’s last day of work was 19 March 2024. We celebrated the milestone that evening by watching hula and drinking cocktails at the beautiful Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki. We departed Honolulu the next day to visit family in Los Angeles and Dallas. This was kind of like a farewell given that we’ll be in Scandinavia
Countdown to Ellös (April 2024) Read More »
The hull of Hokukea was built at a site about one-hour away from the Hallberg-Rassy yard. Once constructed, it was brought by truck to the boatyard in Ellös. June 2023 September 2023 October 2023 Building the hardtop and installing the windows January 2024 February 2024
Hokukea Construction (June 2023 – April 2024) Read More »