This is the MS Fridtjof Nansen, built in 2020 in Norway for HX Hurtigruten Expeditions. She is 490 feet long with a cruising speed of…
Author: Teresa
Travel blogs praise Valparaiso as Chile’s most colorful city, with vibrant street art, historical funiculars and colorful hills. Yes, it has all those, but after…
We left the Atacama desert, flew back to Santiago, picked up a rental car and headed south into wine country. Chile has the perfect climate…
First, why Chile? When we had a circumnavigation in the planning for Yohelah and crew, Patagonia was always one of the most anticipated destinations. We…
Now with the deck material gone it was time to clean and prep for fiberglass. Every job, no matter how big or small, lives and…
Ethan and Michael continued to rip through the deck removal at quite a good pace. The foreward end, though, was more of a challenge. The…
With the wrap all in place, heat and lights and fans installed inside, and all the deck hardware bagged and labeled, Ethan started taking off…
Ethan and Michael made great progress removing all the hardware from the decks. First project was removing stanchions, which are a pain because they’re screwed…
When we decided to bring Yohelah to LaConner to replace the teak decks, we knew there would be many decisions about what the scope of…
Here is the best picture we have of the teak decks after our overhaul in 2005. With no cell phone camera in hand at that…