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I Can’t Believe We’re Here!!

Being here to watch the America’s Cup qualifying races in person is everything that I dreamed that it would be. I can’t believe we’re actually here!!! I took over 750 pictures yesterday with my new Nikon camera and 500mm lens. Most of the pictures really sucked, but here a few that I think are OK….

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America’s Cup 35 Is Underway

I can’t believe it’s finally here. We’ve been planning this trip for so long, it felt like it would never get here and yesterday we watched Day 1 of the Louis Vuitton qualifying races. We watched the races from the America’s Cup Village rather than aboard Roam – a good call because we were fully…

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Thoughts on Crossing to Bermuda

  I’ve been slow to post any thoughts on our crossing to Bermuda, mainly because our cruising mates, Mark & Michelle Cole have already posted some great pictures on their blog, www.svreach.com and our friends and buddy boaters, Clayton and Deanna on the Nordhavn 50, Tivoli posted beautifully written daily updates of the trip which were…

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And We’re Off!

We’ll be leaving the dock within a couple of hours, headed for Bermuda. The trip is approximately 950 miles and should take us just over 6 days. There are no seaside hotels, or even seedy motels along the way and with water depths over 1,000 feet for most of the way, there are no places…

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Smokey Shakedown Cruise!

To be honest, on our last boat (a 40 foot Manta sailing catamaran called Double Wide) I never did a shakedown sail before any of our extended cruises. We just fixed what we knew was broken (if we thought it was important), loaded the boat with groceries, and set out for new adventures. But ROAM,…

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It’s time to go

Last week, Michelle and I flew back to Texas for my retirement party. I have been so lucky over the years. I’ve been able to work with some interesting and brilliant people. Our clients have appreciated and valued the work we do for them. I must admit that I actually enjoyed going to the office on…