STARTING AT THE TOP:

To design and build an exceptional long range Passagemaker that is strong, safe, fast, fun and efficient, serving as our full time home along with the infrequent guests who join us on expeditions exploring the most remote locations of the world in exceptional safety and comfort.

As anyone who knows me will tell you I am “brevity challenged” to a severe degree but if I were to boil it all down even further we are setting out to design and build

“The just right boat for exploring extreme locations with equally extreme safety and comfort.”

GO FAR:

We love being at sea and answering the call of long distant destinations so long passages are the norm for us. Creating a boat that inspires confidence to GO anytime whenever the sea or other locations call and to be snug and safe on long passages getting there is a primary requirement. We were both single handed sailors for many years and have come to appreciate the high value of having a boat that can be single handed safely in all conditions if the need should arise.

GO EVERYWHERE:

We have had the most previous experience in tropical settings and love this climate. We often talk about our “20/20 Rule” of staying within 20 degrees of the equator. We like heat and we can tolerate humidity up to a relatively high point and intend to explore explore new tropical areas as well as going back to some many that we have enjoyed previously. However high latitude areas have been calling our name more and more, areas that are predominantly cold and would involve motoring through high winds, rough seas, freezing temperatures and ice invested waters. We are equally drawn to slightly less extreme locations a bit closer to the equator but still cold to us such as going up the inside passage of Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii islands in my native British Columbia, and Greenland, Iceland and Norway. We want the new boat, and us, to thrive in all the above locations, climates and conditions.

GO NOWHERE:

Anytime we are not on a passage we are on anchor and often for extended times of weeks or months with no desire to be in marinas. We put extremely high value on our privacy in this context and like to either be “the only boat in the bay” or otherwise off by ourselves. This necessitates super comfy living spaces, independent self-sufficiency and SWAN ground tackle enabling us to anchor out in deeper waters and Sleep Well At Night.

GO ASHORE:

Given our remote, deep and isolated anchorages and our love of exploring ashore we will need a tender that enables us to think nothing of heading to long distant shores without a worry for weather changes to get back, adventuring out for even overnight trips on the tender up rivers and inlets in to suit, and staying safe and dry throughout.

GO ALONE:

Our passion for remote locations puts a premium on being extremely self-sufficient and self-reliant. We prefer small or no populations ashore, so we set our shore side expectations and dependencies as close to zero as possible. We assume zero availability to shore transportation, shipping, shopping or services. This prioritizes great food preservation, water and electrical independence, plentiful spare parts, ultra-reliable systems, lots of storage, repair capabilities and communications.

STAY ALONE:

No uninvited guests! Our remoteness, both at anchor and underway sometimes puts us near potential danger from others who would like to “board and borrow” anything from items on the boat to the whole boat and ourselves. We therefore like to have deterrents built into the boat’s design such that we do not look like an inviting nor easy target for those who might be sizing us up.

LOCK N LEAVE:

There will be times when we want to leave the boat unattended for anything from extended multi day trips on the Tender to month or more trips back to see grandchildren and family when they can’t come to us. So, we need a boat which we can easily and quickly (several hours) lock up and safely leave knowing she will be fine and require no assistance. This includes leaving the boat at anchor as well as leaving her ashore on the hard or in the water. A lean/mean military “don’t mess with me” look will help with this.