Boat Life Begins in Hong Kong
We finally move aboard Destiny as soon as she is delivered and our Hong Kong boat life is underway. We have to first stow all our gear and deal with the snagging issues as they come along
Leave a commentWe finally move aboard Destiny as soon as she is delivered and our Hong Kong boat life is underway. We have to first stow all our gear and deal with the snagging issues as they come along
Leave a commentAfter four years in the build process, we finally take delivery of our yacht in Hong Kong. Hard to believe she is really with us now! But the last few months has been a very stressful time, trying to get us to the end of the process. We still have a lot of work to do before we will be ready to cruise, but at least we are now living onboard ….
Leave a commentAlmost a year to the day, I wrote a blog with an update on our boat. At the time, we had no idea how long we would be separated and when the boat could be finished. We certainly did not expect that a year later we would still be sitting in limbo.
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