Biggest Argument Settled! (boat build update)

It’s been a big week …salt on our lips.

Nikki Wynn

Dec 17, 2023 — 2 min read

It’s been a big week here at the HH factory filled with completed installations and even a little time out on the water. Our HH44 CURIOSITY is getting so close to being complete we can taste the salt on our lips. Mast is stepped, propellers are fitted, copper bottom paint is on and the dinghy is commissioned. Now all we need are some sails and we are ready to get wet.

Plus, we reveal the completed installation of what has no doubt been the most debated piece of equipment of this entire boat building saga.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think building a new boat would be this much work. And we’re not even the ones doing the labor.

Our days and nights are filled to the brim with decisions to be made, parts to be purchased and logistics to be planned (oh how I have NOT missed maritime bureaucracy). The closer handover day gets, the more complicated the logistics seem to get. Boat insurance for SE Asia looks expensive and potentially difficult to obtain. We’re still searching for the port of least resistance to check into the Philippines and sailing out of China, well that is a whole other kettle of fish.

So many adventures ahead with so many variables to plan for. We have gained a boat load of knowledge over the past 2 years (much more than expected) and we still have soooo much more to learn. We are fortunate HH Catamarans has been so open to letting us roam free in the yard, film without abandon and ask 1001 questions.

Thank you so much for being a part of this untethered journey with us. It’s been a rollercoaster of a year, and I don’t expect 2024 will be anything less. So, rest up, have the most wonderful holiday break and we will see you in the new year!