Hi there. My husband and I recently purchased our first
boat. We plan on cruising with the 9 year old for a year or so leaving sometime in the fall of 2009 or early
winter of 2010. Itenary is dependent on when we can leave- definitely hitting the
Bahamas, would like to go deeper into the
Carribean but if time/weather does not allow, we will be cruising the
east coast of the US before moving back to Europe( I'm a native Texan, he's a native Scot).
Husband sailed dinghies in
school and taught sailing to
kids back in his University days. Later he went on to get his RYA
skipper certifications, though he went ashore to
work for 15 some off years so he is shaking off the rust by going through my
ASA courses with me. I've been a passenger on boats of all sizes for years, just now making the jump to active sailor. Thus far, I love it.
We are currently doing quite a bit of
repair and upgrading and as much
day sailing as possible to get to know what the
boat needs before hauling out sometime in August/Sept. to have her blistery bottom epoxyed and painted. So far, the list just seems to be growing with every task completed but we love our boat and think she is worth the extra effort.
So..hi there.