San Souci 2001 – Nordhavn 62

Sans Souci (Nordhavn 62) was our first ocean crossing boat. I don’t have blog entries that go back that far, but we actually took delivery of Sans Souci in 1997 or 1998. The boat has a legendary history having been initially ordered, and configured, by Prince Rainier of Monaco, who bailed while the boat was under construction. We took over his position and cruised the west coast of Canada for a couple years, and then had a delivery crew run the boat to France! In actuality the delivery crew only got as far as Costa Rica (I think?) and then we loaded the boat on a freighter to get it to France. In France we purchased a boat ship just outside Monaco in Beaulieu-Sur Mer and cruised locally between Monaco, Nice, Cannes, the Iles St Margarite and St Tropez.