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      • Rhodin Family New Year 2024
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        • Hydro Generator, do we need it?
        • Fuse on Starter Battery
        • Power on Passage
      • 3-way switch upgrade
      • Mystery breaker inside switch panel
      • Mystery Battery in drawer stack
      • Bilge Pump Delay
      • Solar Panel Venting
      • AIS disturbance mitigation
      • Horizon Electrical System Live
      • Navigation Light Replacement
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      • Bed storage access improvement
      • Condensation Mitigation
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      • Freshwater Pump Improvement
      • Lid for Settee Storage
      • Fridge, Automatic Light
      • Rotating Cabin Lights
      • Dual Water Tank connection
      • Towel hanger in Garage
    • Fuel, Engine etc.
      • Diesel tank vents
      • Anti-Siphon
      • Avoid salty air in engine room
      • Diesel Debris
    • Rigging & Cockpit
      • Back drops for hard dodger
      • Stern seats
      • Leisurefurl in boom system
      • Rig tuning
      • Manual Retrieve of Anchor
    • Water Maker Installation
    • Random Questions and Answers
    • Diagram Library
    • Bilge pump, air lock
    • Calibration of Wastewater Tank Monitor
    • Freezer divider
    • The un-usable compartment
    • Self-steering redundancy
    • Autopilot Repair
    • Wheel-break (using AP-clutch)
    • StarLink
    • Life Raft Box
    • Hard Bimini
  • Nerdy stuff (Generic)
    • Hanging lines on push-pit
    • Bicycles aboard
    • Saving Propane
    • Marriage Saviors
    • Electric dinghy outboard
    • Homemade Yogurt
ToTheHorizon
  • Home & Blog
    • Our position and journey
    • Cruising Statistics so far...
    • 2018
      • Pre-Commisioning
        • The Journey has begun...
        • Commissioning
      • Pre-retirement
        • Shake down cruise
        • A working week
        • 4th of July week
        • Fun with friends and family
        • Labor day week sail to NYC
        • Annapolis boat show & Deltaville
      • NC -> Caribbean
        • Awaiting Passage
        • North Carolina -> Antigua
      • Cruising Caribbean Part1
    • 2019
      • Cruising Caribbean Part2
      • Back to the USA
        • Turks & Caicos
        • Bahamas
        • Florida
      • Atlantic Crossing
        • Bermuda
        • Bermuda -> Azores
        • Azores
        • Azores -> UK
      • North Europe - Med 2019
        • UK
        • Kiel canal
        • Sweden & Denmark
        • Norway
        • UK, Scotland & Ireland
        • Atlantic France, Portugal & Spain
      • Med. Fall 2019
    • 2020
      • Med Q1- 2020
        • Spain cont...
        • France
      • Corona Lock down in France
      • Post Lock down France
      • Italy
        • Sardinia, Italy
        • Sicily, Italy
        • Mainland, Italy
      • Greece Part 1
      • Croatia
      • Montenegro
      • Greece part 2
      • Turkey Part 1
    • 2021
      • World Wide Tour (by air)
      • Turkey Part 2
      • Malta
      • Tunisia
      • Spain
      • Portugal
      • Madeira, Portugal
      • Canary Islands, Spain
      • The Gambia
      • Cape Verde
      • French Guiana, South America
      • Guiana
      • Trinidad & Tobago
    • 2022
      • Bonaire
      • Curacao
      • San Blas, Panama
      • The Panama Canal
      • Pacific Panama
      • Galapagos
      • Passage Galapagos-Pitcairn
      • Pitcairn
      • French Polynesia #1
      • World Wide Tour of Celebration
      • French Polynesia, Part 2
      • Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora Archipelago with friends
      • Rarotonga, Cook Islands
      • Passage Rarotonga to American Samoa
      • American Samoa
      • Samoa
      • Tonga
      • Minerva Reef
      • New Zealand
    • 2023
      • World Wide Holiday tour
      • New Zealand, Part2
      • Passage to Tonga, via Minerva Reef
      • The Kingdom of Tonga
      • Fiji
      • Vanuatu
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand, 2nd round
    • 2024
      • Rhodin Family New Year 2024
      • New Zealand, Second round, Part2
      • Four generation celebration tour
      • Preparation to Leave NZ
      • Migration North from NZ
      • Fiji Part 2
      • What took them so long...Tour
      • Fiji Part 3
      • Tuvalu
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
    • 2025
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Guam
      • Rota, CNMI
      • Passage Guam to Okinawa, Japan
      • Japan, part 1
      • Japan, Part 2
  • The Boat
  • Gallery
  • Contact / Comments
    • Contact us
    • Comment on our Blog
  • Nerdy Stuff (Outbound)
    • Electrical
      • Line Voltage
        • 230 Volt shore power
        • Webasto Electric Heating Addition
      • Battery & Charging
        • Lithium Battery Conversion 2020
        • Energy Generation Sources
        • Battery Installation 2018
        • Hydro Generator, do we need it?
        • Fuse on Starter Battery
        • Power on Passage
      • 3-way switch upgrade
      • Mystery breaker inside switch panel
      • Mystery Battery in drawer stack
      • Bilge Pump Delay
      • Solar Panel Venting
      • AIS disturbance mitigation
      • Horizon Electrical System Live
      • Navigation Light Replacement
    • Master Bed Improvements
      • Master Bed improvement
      • Bed storage access improvement
      • Condensation Mitigation
    • The small things...
      • Flush in the dark
      • The flag, where to put it?
      • NavPod ideas
      • Prop shaft direction
      • Stove safety
      • Rattling doors improvements
      • Swim Ladder Hinge Stop
      • Companionway door improvements
      • Bimini Clamps
      • Trash handling
      • Spare propeller
      • Freshwater Pump Improvement
      • Lid for Settee Storage
      • Fridge, Automatic Light
      • Rotating Cabin Lights
      • Dual Water Tank connection
      • Towel hanger in Garage
    • Fuel, Engine etc.
      • Diesel tank vents
      • Anti-Siphon
      • Avoid salty air in engine room
      • Diesel Debris
    • Rigging & Cockpit
      • Back drops for hard dodger
      • Stern seats
      • Leisurefurl in boom system
      • Rig tuning
      • Manual Retrieve of Anchor
    • Water Maker Installation
    • Random Questions and Answers
    • Diagram Library
    • Bilge pump, air lock
    • Calibration of Wastewater Tank Monitor
    • Freezer divider
    • The un-usable compartment
    • Self-steering redundancy
    • Autopilot Repair
    • Wheel-break (using AP-clutch)
    • StarLink
    • Life Raft Box
    • Hard Bimini
  • Nerdy stuff (Generic)
    • Hanging lines on push-pit
    • Bicycles aboard
    • Saving Propane
    • Marriage Saviors
    • Electric dinghy outboard
    • Homemade Yogurt
  • More
    • Home & Blog
      • Our position and journey
      • Cruising Statistics so far...
      • 2018
        • Pre-Commisioning
          • The Journey has begun...
          • Commissioning
        • Pre-retirement
          • Shake down cruise
          • A working week
          • 4th of July week
          • Fun with friends and family
          • Labor day week sail to NYC
          • Annapolis boat show & Deltaville
        • NC -> Caribbean
          • Awaiting Passage
          • North Carolina -> Antigua
        • Cruising Caribbean Part1
      • 2019
        • Cruising Caribbean Part2
        • Back to the USA
          • Turks & Caicos
          • Bahamas
          • Florida
        • Atlantic Crossing
          • Bermuda
          • Bermuda -> Azores
          • Azores
          • Azores -> UK
        • North Europe - Med 2019
          • UK
          • Kiel canal
          • Sweden & Denmark
          • Norway
          • UK, Scotland & Ireland
          • Atlantic France, Portugal & Spain
        • Med. Fall 2019
      • 2020
        • Med Q1- 2020
          • Spain cont...
          • France
        • Corona Lock down in France
        • Post Lock down France
        • Italy
          • Sardinia, Italy
          • Sicily, Italy
          • Mainland, Italy
        • Greece Part 1
        • Croatia
        • Montenegro
        • Greece part 2
        • Turkey Part 1
      • 2021
        • World Wide Tour (by air)
        • Turkey Part 2
        • Malta
        • Tunisia
        • Spain
        • Portugal
        • Madeira, Portugal
        • Canary Islands, Spain
        • The Gambia
        • Cape Verde
        • French Guiana, South America
        • Guiana
        • Trinidad & Tobago
      • 2022
        • Bonaire
        • Curacao
        • San Blas, Panama
        • The Panama Canal
        • Pacific Panama
        • Galapagos
        • Passage Galapagos-Pitcairn
        • Pitcairn
        • French Polynesia #1
        • World Wide Tour of Celebration
        • French Polynesia, Part 2
        • Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora Archipelago with friends
        • Rarotonga, Cook Islands
        • Passage Rarotonga to American Samoa
        • American Samoa
        • Samoa
        • Tonga
        • Minerva Reef
        • New Zealand
      • 2023
        • World Wide Holiday tour
        • New Zealand, Part2
        • Passage to Tonga, via Minerva Reef
        • The Kingdom of Tonga
        • Fiji
        • Vanuatu
        • New Caledonia
        • New Zealand, 2nd round
      • 2024
        • Rhodin Family New Year 2024
        • New Zealand, Second round, Part2
        • Four generation celebration tour
        • Preparation to Leave NZ
        • Migration North from NZ
        • Fiji Part 2
        • What took them so long...Tour
        • Fiji Part 3
        • Tuvalu
        • Kiribati
        • Marshall Islands
      • 2025
        • Federated States of Micronesia
        • Guam
        • Rota, CNMI
        • Passage Guam to Okinawa, Japan
        • Japan, part 1
        • Japan, Part 2
    • The Boat
    • Gallery
    • Contact / Comments
      • Contact us
      • Comment on our Blog
    • Nerdy Stuff (Outbound)
      • Electrical
        • Line Voltage
          • 230 Volt shore power
          • Webasto Electric Heating Addition
        • Battery & Charging
          • Lithium Battery Conversion 2020
          • Energy Generation Sources
          • Battery Installation 2018
          • Hydro Generator, do we need it?
          • Fuse on Starter Battery
          • Power on Passage
        • 3-way switch upgrade
        • Mystery breaker inside switch panel
        • Mystery Battery in drawer stack
        • Bilge Pump Delay
        • Solar Panel Venting
        • AIS disturbance mitigation
        • Horizon Electrical System Live
        • Navigation Light Replacement
      • Master Bed Improvements
        • Master Bed improvement
        • Bed storage access improvement
        • Condensation Mitigation
      • The small things...
        • Flush in the dark
        • The flag, where to put it?
        • NavPod ideas
        • Prop shaft direction
        • Stove safety
        • Rattling doors improvements
        • Swim Ladder Hinge Stop
        • Companionway door improvements
        • Bimini Clamps
        • Trash handling
        • Spare propeller
        • Freshwater Pump Improvement
        • Lid for Settee Storage
        • Fridge, Automatic Light
        • Rotating Cabin Lights
        • Dual Water Tank connection
        • Towel hanger in Garage
      • Fuel, Engine etc.
        • Diesel tank vents
        • Anti-Siphon
        • Avoid salty air in engine room
        • Diesel Debris
      • Rigging & Cockpit
        • Back drops for hard dodger
        • Stern seats
        • Leisurefurl in boom system
        • Rig tuning
        • Manual Retrieve of Anchor
      • Water Maker Installation
      • Random Questions and Answers
      • Diagram Library
      • Bilge pump, air lock
      • Calibration of Wastewater Tank Monitor
      • Freezer divider
      • The un-usable compartment
      • Self-steering redundancy
      • Autopilot Repair
      • Wheel-break (using AP-clutch)
      • StarLink
      • Life Raft Box
      • Hard Bimini
    • Nerdy stuff (Generic)
      • Hanging lines on push-pit
      • Bicycles aboard
      • Saving Propane
      • Marriage Saviors
      • Electric dinghy outboard
      • Homemade Yogurt

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Please read about us below, and then click any of the drop-downs above to explore our blog and our Horizon.

We've been sailing more than 40 years together. But until Horizon, "only' vacation sailing. We are from Sweden originally, but live in Boulder Colorado. We've been sailing the Baltic in our own boats from the early 1990 to 2002 when we relocated to the US. We've had a wooden Folk boat (25 feet) for a couple of years, which was a ton of work, fun though, but time consuming. We realized we've outgrown that boat when we did 4 weeks sailing with our three boys and our Golden retriever onboard. We then upgraded to a 41 feet fiberglass monohull (S30), which was much better for the family and the dog. After we relocated to the US we started to charter boats 1 or 2 weeks every year. The benefit with that is that you can see a lot of different places, and try a lot of different boats. So we've sailed the US west and east coasts, Vancouver area, Maine, Caribbean 7 times, Sea of Cortez, Belize, Tonga, and more... While chartering we've sailed catamarans from 38 to 47 feet, mono hulls from 39 to 55 feet. All that experience was used when we decided for our Outbound 46.

Our S30, named Horisont, which is Horizon in Swedish :-) 41' long, 6' wide...

Our Folk boat Swedish Hull #765. We also had three Optimist dinghies, wooden of course, on tow when we sailed. One for each kid.

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