We think we mentioned in an earlier post that there is a sister ship to Sari Timur here in Ensenada. We have talked with Jakub the owner of Kallista several times via email but never met as he is currently based in Europe. We did of course look at the boat. As far as we know there were only three of the Freedom 45’s built and of course the yard went into liquidation just after our hull was laid up and the boat was finished by outside contractors. We have also been in touch with the past owners of the third one, Bequia Chief and exchanged photos but again never met.
While we were in Singapore, Jakub contacted us and said he was in Mexico. The slip next to us was empty so he moved his boat over to do a photo op. He left the day we came back to Mexico so alas we have still not met but he did send us a bunch of photos so we thought we would share.
There are several noticeable differences; the most obvious is our taller rig. We also sit lower in the water, part of that is the rig. Another big part is both of us have changed engines. He went to a lighter engine while we went to a heavier one. We are also full of spares and fuel and water and he was almost empty of each. That is two tonnes right there.
In any event Jakub, we hope our paths cross again some time because we would love to check out the interior.
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