Sailing Yacht Coco
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This is emotional. We’ve made a decision to sell Coco, our beautiful Swan 58. Yes it’s pretty much a brand new yacht. We had a few months on her last European summer ironing out the kinks and that’s about it. While this is a bit heartbreaking for us, it’s someone else’s gain. We’ve done all the hard work to get this yacht built, commissioned, completely outfitted, got all the systems settled in…. Read More
A voyage of discovery, learning, challenges and memories of a lifetime “If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning” Mahatma Gandhi In the beginning, there was Adam, Eve, and a Swan 54… Now that we are stuck at home in New Zealand with that damn virus leaving every sailor in the… Read More
So we made it. A couple of people with a dream. Thankfully we didn’t know enough about sailing around the world when we left Nautor’s yard in Jakobstad Finland on September 21, 2018 on our beautiful Swan 54 Coco, to understand what we’d just taken on. Thankfully we didn’t know what we should have been worried about. But we did it. It’s possible that we are half good sailors now,… Read More
Or 4600km for the landlubbers amongst us! Anyway, it’s a long way and yes its really happening. This first part of the journey has been a bit rushed. We’ve been heading south as quickly as we can to miss the start of the winter weather in the north. With some success… So we are looking forward to the next leg that will take us down to the Canary Islands and then across… Read More
Sailing Yacht Coco 