"New Dawn" is a Hallberg-Rassy 53 build in Sweden which we bought in the USA in June 2003 and on 05 November 2003 we sailed her from Long Island to the Caribbean where we spend the winter of 2003-2004 sailing from St. Martin down to Grenada and back north to Antigua.
For Hallberg-Rassy see: http://www.hallbergrassy.com/
After having spend the winter in the Caribbean, we left Jolly Harbour, Antigua, on 05 May 2004 for Bermuda and on to the Azores for a change of crews, before heading for the Med, where we visited Spain, the Balearics and France, where we houled out in Port Napoleon in September.
Early April 2005 we launch New Dawn and sailed to Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and on to Greece, ending up in Yalikavak Marina, close to Bodrum, Turkey.
In 2006 we sailed from Yalikavak to Istanbul and back south to visit the complete Turkey coast to Kemer, close to Antalya, as well as visiting many more Greek Islands.
In 2007 we joined the East Med Yacht Rally (EMYR) http://www.emyr.org/ where we visited the rest of the Turkey south east coast, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, before heading back to Turkey via Cyprus.
New Dawn has sailed close to 18.000 NM during the last 4 seasons.
Some Different Photos From 2005 And Up To 2008 (not in a proper order):
The wind was blowing hard and I dropped anchor in Port Man, Port Cros, France, where I ended up two nights as it was blowing hard, which is normal as it is early season.
Transiting the Corints Canal. The most expensive canal in the world per km. Managed by a Dutch company. I paid € 149 in 2004.
Some Different Photos From 2005 And Up To 2008 (not in a proper order):
New Dawn on the Yard in Yalikavak, Bodrum, Turkey.
New Dawn in Port Napoleon, France.
Almost ready to leave for St Tropez: April 2004.
A quick warm soup to warm me up.
Single handed outside Marseilles in cold and windy weather.
On my way again to St Tropez in a gale.
Isle de Le Vent aft.
Getting close to the Golf of St Tropez in 52 kn wind (NB: Gale starts at 34 kn and Hurricane at 64 kn).
At anchor outside Port Grimaud riding out the storm.
Fuelling and last repairs in Marine de Cogolin. Still blowing strong.
Ajassio, Corsica April 2004.
Market day in Ajassio.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajassio and the town is loaded with his statutes. This is the house where he was born in and lived his youth.
Napoleon and his brothers.
The interesting and beautiful Library.
On our way between Corsica and Sardinia.
Porto Chervo on Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, where I raced in 1978.
Messina Town, Sardinia.
Arrived in Greece, April 2004.
Levkas, Greece.
Our South African friends from S/Y African Chicana (also a HR-53)
Frickes harbour, Greece, which is where Odysseus was from.
Odysseus.
Dolphins playing around New Dawn's bow.
Approaching Patras Bridge.
Beautiful Trizona island where we met Rachael and Paul from S/Y Lynn Rival.
Dinner together with Raphael and Paul.
Visiting Delphi.
Visiting Acropolis, Athens.
Piraeus town.
Mykonos.
Naxos Island.
Samos Island to pick up spare parts and to get visitors from Denmark.
Lise and HJ arrived for a sail to Turkey.
Yalikavak Marina, Turkey.
Back home for a couple of summer months.
By September we were back in Bodrum, Turkey.
With our USA friends Tony and Patricia from S/Y Voyager in Yalikavak.
Visiting Ephesus, Tyrkey.
Pamukala, Turkey.
Silk.
Yalikavak Marina.
S/Y Voyager, an Amel Super Maramu (52') in Yalikavak Marina.
Leaving Bodrum by ferry for Rhodos to fly home.
