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    THE SONG OF SUMMER

    Mar 19, 2019 5 minutes
    Story by John Wooldridge

    The plan was simple, at least on paper: Meet up with a Sargo 31 Aft Door cruiser in Finland, cruise her to Sweden, cut across Sweden on the famed Göta Canal, then run down the coast of Denmark to Brunsbüttel, Germany, and ship the boat to the United States. With his family in tow, Brian Krantz arrived according to plan in Finland to pick up one of Sargo’s very first 31 Aft Door cruiser models. Krantz had ordered the model as a stock boat for his dealership, Inside Passage Yacht Sales, back in Anacortes, Washington, and he planned to turn this leg of the delivery into a fun family cruise. What he didn’t plan on was that he, his wife Christina, and their three kids, Elizabeth (15), Jaden (15) and Serenity (10), would experience the adventure of a lifetime.

    They took possession of the boat in Turku,

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