10/30/18 Cruising Independence Presentations
- Rick D.
- Oct 30, 2018
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 4, 2019
We were invited to speak to the Corinthians and at Indian Harbor YC on the upcoming voyage. We whipped up a PowerPoint with boat details, our personal history, near future itinerary and long term plans and tentative itinerary... whew! But the BIG job was getting the boat cleaned up and on the dock ready to receive guests.
Hi Rick, We've only met one time which I'm sure you won't recall. It was at Saugatuck Harbor YC where I have been a member for many years.
My wife and I went off to cruise as you are now embarking. That was in 1994 and our first leg was to sail down to Annapolis to join the Caribbean 1500. It was a fortunate move because we met other cruisers and their wives. That enabled my wife Evelyn to get together with the other wives at ST. Thomas and complain to each other about how bad the trip was and to go shopping!
We spent five years in the Caribbean before returning to Ft. Lauderdale to re-rig and sail to…