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2008 MANTA 42 MK IV, HELIOS THE STORIES OF YOUR BELOVED BOATS FROM AROUND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Greek God of the sun, bejeweled in a gold crown and riding a lavish two-wheeled chariot, Helios pulled the sun across the sky each day from the east to the west. Riding on two hulls rather than wheels, Bruce and Linda Kilen sail their Manta 42 catamaran, Helios, on summer journeys throughout the Pacific Northwest, basking in what sun they can find. Having grown up boating, fishing, and sailing in the waters around Tacoma, Bruce is no stranger to on-the-water adventures upon the Salish Sea. After owning several monohulls ranging from 24 to 42 feet over the years, when he started looking for 48ยบ NORTH
a retirement boat, a catamaran that could be easily sailed by a couple came to the top of the list. Accordingly, Bruce and Linda decided on a Manta 42 Mk IV, which was built in Florida in 2008 and dubbed Helios. When they took ownership of Helios, the couple sailed her from Sarasota to Key West and then on to Ft. Lauderdale, where she was loaded on a freighter and delivered to Nanaimo, British Columbia. Since then, they have put 15,000 miles on their sailing chariot and keep her in Anacortes on the hard when they are not cruising.
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