Practical Boat Owner

‘The DIY has made me cry and cheer’

FROM: Bergen, Norway

SAILING: Lomvi, a Bavaria 38

My partner Line is a veterinarian. Our doctor, Ingrid, doesn’t arrive until we stop at Cape Verde, so if we get sick before then, it’s rough treatment!

Line and I are sailing with our three-year-old son Hjalmar and friend Nikolas. Hjalmar was just six months old when we bought our Bavaria 38 . She was built in 2003 and named after a North Atlantic seabird, a ‘guillemot’ in English. We live on board, which has given us

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