Hello all. Having just joined your forum it's time to tell you a little about us. In 2005 we managed to get our daughter through college and decided it was time for an adventure. After a little soul searching we arrived at sailing. So we joined a yacht club since we had no sailing experience. After being told the usual
advice ( such as don't do it ; you're crazy etc ) we
sold the house and purchased our Mason 63 and named her 10 FORWARD. After a little refitting, such as new
sails, new
electronics and well maybe a lot of refitting we hired a wonderful sailing instructor and after two weeks of instruction we left
San Francisco Bay and have never looked back. Now it's 2010 and 12,000 miles later and we are currently guests at the Long Beach Yacht Club weathering out a storm. We have two permanent crew, Alice and Chewie our two cats who have been with us from the beginning. We were recently offered a permanent slip and my
boat mate's response was " Where's the adventure in that ? " and so on we go. Fair winds
Ileene and Paul
with Alice and Chewie
S/V 10 Forward