About us

Thank you for visiting our blog! We – Linnea, Martin, Ida, Felix, and Jesper – are a Swedish family that is gone sailing. On a break from our normal life in search of an adventure together as a family, and a year-long summer. We left from Lomma, Sweden in June 2024 and hope to make it to the Caribbean in December 2024 and then return home in July/August 2025. Time will tell.

Our normal land-based life is in Lomma, Sweden where Linnea works as a medical doctor in Lund and Martin works as a pilot. We have been sailing together since 2011 and in other settings before that.

Frenesisailing.com is a private blog published to stay in touch with family and friends. We aim to give approximately one update per week. Sometimes longer posts and sometimes a short sign of life.

Our boat, Frenesi, is a Nauticat 43, hull #58 built in the Siltala yard in Finland 1986. It is a Sparkman Stevens-designed deck saloon boat built for long-distance cruising. She is ketch rigged with a solid thick single laminate hull, large tanks, a strong engine, and rig. Three cabins with 7 berths, two toilets, and a lot of storage. She is not modern, but we think she could be the perfect boat for us.

We bought Frenesi from a Swedish couple in Portugal in 2020 and brought her home. In the last few years, we have invested significant time and money in a refit to prepare her for our adventure. Projects include:

• 4 new sails (Hydranet main, Hydranet mizzen, Dacron triradial jib on inner forestay and Hydranet genoa)
• New standing rigging
• Mounting of furlex on inner forestay
• New stainless steel fuel tanks
• New 4 kW genset (Paguro 4 SY)
• New watermaker (Schenker Zen 30)
• New Autopilot, plotter, tridata (Raymarine ACU400, Axiom, i70, p70, itc-5 etc.)
• New diesel system
• New propeller shaft, stern propeller shaft seal, cutlass bearing, flexible coupling
• Fitted second-hand washing machine (same as original)
• New gas system with remote disconnection, new copper lines
• New 8 p liferaft and cradle
• Overhaul of full steering system
• Engine work includes new heat exchanger and oil coolers, new fuel pump, overhauled injector pump, new hoses, new engine mounts
• 4 new bilge pumps
• 800 w solar power with 6 Victron MPPTs
• Upgrade of electrical system and new batteries
• Replaced running rigging
• New Hydrovane wind steering system
• New swim platform
• Installed davits
• New VHF including upper helm VHF station
• New stereo and speakers
• Replaced all lights with LED
• Dropped rudder for servicing
• Replaced one head to manual
• New upholstery and mattresses
• All throughhull fittings replaced
• Various new hoses and cables in water system, lavatory system
• Many smaller projects