Our Boat

We chose Stormbird, a 62ft (18.88M) Hallberg Rassy, as the boat to take us around the world.

I owned a Hallberg-Rassy 412 since 2016 and used that to sail the Atlantic in 2019. When planning a circumnavigation, I realised that this was not going to be big enough and that I wanted a boat with four cabins with the idea that my wife, children and friends and their wives could join me on this voyage or parts of it. The aim is to have a great time and a fantastic experience and to have a safe and comfortable boat with flexible accommodation. I began my search and decided on a monohull and really you have to go to about 56 foot to have four cabins. I looked at an Oyster 56 but eventually bought a 2003 Hallberg-Rassy 62 called Stormbird which had crossed the Atlantic in 2003 and had been in the Caribbean ever since.

Stormbird was built in Sweden in 2003 with only 25 in total ever made. She is a classic bluewater boat, designed specifically for ocean crossings and making her the ideal vessel for us. She’s crossed the Atlantic a few times and spent most of her life cruising in the Caribbean - not bad.

We needed a boat with at least 4 cabins to house our crew. Stormbird has a large galley and seating area with 3 forward cabin, one large rear cabin and 4 heads. She’s pretty comfortable really.

She sails extremely well, cuts through the waves nicely and is a well-proven blue ocean yacht which should be well fit for the purpose.