Richard Bost and his wife Julie Nariman had long wanted to travel by boat from their home in New York to Ireland and Europe to have an adventure and visit old friends from Richard’s Air Force Days.
They had a budget to stay within, particularly a fuel budget of about $3,000 a year. And, they needed a sturdy offshore cruising boat that carried enough fuel and was efficient enough to motor for 400 hours.
After a lot of research, Richard and Julie concluded that the single-engine Kadey-Krogen 42 was the right boat for the job. They found a 1988 model and named it, aptly, Dauntless.
Over the next several years, they prepared themselves and Dauntless by taking courses and putting in a lot of time on the water to gain experience. And, they added a lot of gear they would need for passage making. Before taking the big step across the Atlantic, they had put 1,300 hours their trusty Ford Lehman SP135 and 7,000 miles under their keel.
Originally, Julie wasn’t going to make the transatlantic passage but as the departure date approached, the crew they had lined up to help Richard dropped out. So, Julie volunteered, and the rest was history.
You can read Richard’s informative and delightful account of their preparations and the ultimate trip from Rhode Island to the Azores and then to Ireland on the Kadey-Krogen website.
