Attend Andy & Mia’s Guest Lecture, Saturday Aug 24
“It is a great old tradition to have an interesting lecture on Saturday evening at the Open Yard weekend. The lecture will be held in English by Andy Schell and Mia Karlsson.
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Andy & Mia have sailed a combined 200,000+ ocean miles, 15 trans-Atlantics, and a voyage to 80º North on Svalbard, on a variety of boats. In 2015 they co-founded 59º North Sailing, which offers offshore passages for paying crew on two different boats in all oceans of the world. Andy & Mia will share stories and experiences from their ocean passages, illustrated with beautiful photos and inspiring videos. Several 59º North crew have gone on to become Hallberg-Rassy yacht owners and successful cruisers.
The lecture will be held on Saturday 24 August 2024 at 19.00 in the cantine up at the boatyard, at the big wooden stairs, and we will start with dinner, followed by the lecture. The menu is beef fillet, potato gratin, a choice of red wine sauce or pepper sauce, vegetables, salad and dressing. For dessert, apple cake with vanilla sauce is served. For those who do not like meat, it is possible to order fish in the form of bouillabaisse, aioli and bread.
As the number of seats to the lecture are limited and dinner with beverage will be served, we request a prepayment of tickets from you. The Saturday night lecture including dinner costs SEK 520 (roughly 47 Euros) per person. Please email Hallberg-Rassy's contact form, and state your name, number of persons, address, mobile phone number and email address. We will then send you a pay link for your card.
Parking and to see the boatyard and the yachts in the water as well as exhibitors of yacht equipment is free of charge.”
Öppet Varv 2024 | Boat Show at Hallberg-Rassy
Andy, Mia & FALKEN will be at Öppet Varv in 2024! Join us in August on the west coast of Sweden at the famed Hallberg Rassy boatyard to get a tour of our Farr 65, meet Andy, Mia & friends and talk ocean sailing!
Back in our World Cruising Club days we’d been to the show exhibiting about the rallies we worked with through WCC, got to tour the HR boatyard and meet and interview Magnus Rassy himself! We’re super excited to be back in one of our favorite parts of Sweden and this time with our own boat!
Öppet Varv is a unique boat show in that it takes place on the grounds of the Hallberg Rassy factory. They open up this Willy-Wonka-esque place fully for tours, so you can see how some of the highest-quality cruising boats are actually built on the shop floor. As the show expanded over the years, HR has invited other vendors and manufacturers to join in the fun, and it’s now one of Sweden’s bigger in-water boat shows.
We’ll have more details to follow in June, but we’ve got a guaranteed spot for FALKEN in the show and we hope to see you there! In the meantime, check out the official website for the show at oppetvarv.se, and Hallberg Rassy’s website at hallberg-rassy.com.
No need to register through 59º North, but check website for details.
See you there!
Öppet Varv circa 2016
Last time Mia & I were at Öppet Varv feels like a lifetime ago! Found some fun pictures and can’t wait to go back with FALKEN!
