Month: May 2014

We take a break and crew Swiftsure

Our good friend, Keith James from Calgary, entered his Island Packet 38 cutter in Swiftsure 2014 and took us along for the ride!   Justin Lamarche (my grandson, Junior National Gold medalist on 420’s) and Steve Hoyland (client of Karin) crewed as well, so we had 5 on board. Saturday turned out to be a […]

A documentary perhaps?

Tony and i enjoyed a great presentation yesterday by Ian MacKenzie – a film maker and crowwdfunding expert.  We participated because we have an idea for a documentary film during our South seas adventure  Our idea isn’t totally fleshed out yet but we are thinking of using Crowdfunding as a way to finance the project. […]

Free Wheeling!

The time has come!  Tony has been so diligent with all of the work on Arabella, its time for me to step up to the plate.  I committed to strip our magnificent teak wheel – original piece on Arabella – and refinish it.  Its a rainy Sunday here in Victoria, BC, so what better time […]