Motor Boat & Yachting

WELCOME A BOARD

Well, 2020 is a wrap and we’re cruising full steam ahead into 2021. And for Shawn and I, that means we’re cruising full steam ahead at a whopping 7 knots! The new year marks nearly three years since we’ve owned Freedom, a 2004 Nordhavn 43 trawler, and nearly a year since we offloaded 98% of our possessions to move aboard her full-time. Looking back and asking ourselves, “Would we do it all over again knowing what we know now and having lived through a global pandemic?” our answer is a mutual YES!

In March of 2020, after years of planning, saving and soul-searching, we traded in high-rise living in downtown Seattle

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