Just a few days ago I had the exciting opportunity to get a trial trip, offered by dankat - thanks a lot Anders, on the brand new Fountaine Pajot, Lipari 41. It's so brand new that it is still the only one in the world, and the tours in Denmark were world premiers.

The weather was splending, sun and wind around 8-10 m/s comming from aft. I brought my wife and two of the kids, and they all really liked the cat. Me too, especially I was impressed with the clean lines of the deck, a pure pleasure to look at.

The tour only took a few hours, I definitely wanted more of it. This is where luck smiled at me, I guess being outspoken of your dreams carries force :), I was offered to assist in sailing the Lipari to Oslo, Norway, just a few days after, the next stop on it's Tour d'Europe.

I will follow up with a blog entry or two on that tour (a bit against the principle I have in mind for this site, but when things move fast, I think writing a little more is warranted).
I took an amateur movie showing the sailing speed and giving a glimpse of the cabin in the lipari 41 (only for the really curious, technically it suck ;)