+SEA KadeyKrogen48 Sep10 - Kadey-Krogen Yachts
+SEA KadeyKrogen48 Sep10 - Kadey-Krogen Yachts
+SEA KadeyKrogen48 Sep10 - Kadey-Krogen Yachts
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SeaTrial<br />
<strong>Kadey</strong>-<strong>Krogen</strong> 48<br />
A WEST COAST-FRIENDLY CRUISER WITH RANGE TO SPARE<br />
BY MIKE WERLING<br />
WHEN RON INBERG WAS LOOKING for a new boat to replace his 44-<br />
foot <strong>Kadey</strong>-<strong>Krogen</strong>, he knew he wanted to do two things: live aboard<br />
and visit distant places. Happy with his 3-year-old 44-footer, he<br />
stayed in the family and ordered the <strong>Kadey</strong>-<strong>Krogen</strong> 48 at the 2009<br />
Seattle Boat Show — with a little help from his then-fiancée, Jan<br />
Hirsch. She grew up in a boating family, so living aboard a boat<br />
wasn’t a difficult proposition for her, provided some tweaks could<br />
be made. Those tweaks could easily be accommodated, so Jan was<br />
on board. Ron was a happy man; never before had saying “Yes,<br />
dear” felt so right.<br />
The couple is now married. In a<br />
demonstration of their commitment<br />
to the cruising lifestyle, and maybe<br />
as a test of their patience with each<br />
other, they took their boat from<br />
Shilshole Marina in Seattle up to<br />
Roche Harbor for the ceremony, a<br />
“short” 10-hour jaunt — with most<br />
of the invited wedding guests aboard.<br />
That’s just one trip out of many the<br />
Inbergs plan to take aboard their 48-<br />
foot home, Sisu III — a journey to<br />
see the world 7 knots at a time. Sisu<br />
is a Finnish word that means guts and<br />
perseverance.<br />
I joined Ron and Jan for a cruise<br />
down to the Seattle waterfront and<br />
back on a hot July Friday, a round<br />
trip of about 12 miles. Hardly a<br />
challenge for this passage-making<br />
vessel, but an interesting trip<br />
nonetheless with container ships<br />
heading for the shipping lanes, fast<br />
ferries shuttling people to and from<br />
the city, and the small cities we call<br />
cruise ships weighing anchor and<br />
moving to the next port of call up<br />
Alaska way.<br />
Touring a boat that is someone’s<br />
home always feels different than<br />
touring a boat that is still dealer-owned<br />
or even one that is privately owned<br />
but not lived on. Nothing you see is<br />
a prop. Everything is there because<br />
it has value to the owners; it all means<br />
something. I boarded the boat on the<br />
aft deck. It is covered, enclosed and<br />
comfortable. It is one of four gathering<br />
spots on the boat, and enclosing it<br />
makes sense for a liveaboard couple<br />
in Seattle, for a couple of reasons. One,<br />
during the winter the area stays warm<br />
and inviting, especially with the<br />
addition of the electric “fireplace.” Ron<br />
says he can sit on the aft deck in<br />
December and watch football games<br />
on the salon TV through the aft<br />
38 SEA / SEPTEMBER 2010