A short history of SV Companion -
In April of 2005, Kim and I signed an agreement to purchase a Leopard Catamaran and place it in the Moorings Charter Program for 5 years.

Buying the last 40' Catamaran built in 2005 by Robinson and Caine of South Africa, the boat was to be chartered in Placencia, Belize. It arrived in Belize in late November, and was used by Moorings Chartering until June of 2010. During that time, we were able to sail our boat many times, and have a few charters in other parts of the world; LaPaz Mexico, Abaco Bahama, British Virgin Islands, Nice France, Gocek Turkey (Turquoise Coast).

Max , our nephew and his dad, Mike will be joining, Kim and I for part of the voyage. We are also looking forward to meeting family and friends along the way.

Our blog is intended to share our journey, memories and information to sailors.

Enjoy, Dale & Kim

PS: 10 years after the start of our voyage, we are living in LaConner with SV Companion and the adventure continues.











Thursday, September 30, 2010

Farewell to Belize


Farewell to Belize

Hard to believe that the day has actually arrived that we will shove off for the dream/vision/ and adventure that Dale has sculpted for years.  We will miss our Belizean friends that have taken such great care of our “Companion” – they are celebrating our journey, as they know “Companion” should perform well. 

We are starting the voyage with a sail to the Rio Dulce in Guatemala – it will be a two day trip as we will need to go through immigration in Livingston and then actually motor up the river to Fronteras (25 miles) where we will make our way to RAM Marina.  Max will leave us at this point for 3 weeks of traveling in Guatemala.  Dale and I are on “work detail” – having the solar panels, wind generator, and some carpentry work done – mostly to make our life aboard more comfortable and manageable.  Our boxes should be waiting for us at RAM that we had shipped down from LA (thanks Andy!)  full of supplies – especially peanut butter (Max’s staple while on the big voyage!)  I have stocked the boxes with plenty of small knitting projects (and marine toilet paper – just in case you were wondering)  - in order to keep the hands busy and the mouth closed!!   

Dale is happy that I have not overloaded the boat with “stuff” – the stock of provisons are on board and we still have room for more – which is good – it will be fun to see what the shops in Fronteras have to offer – I am hoping that we can take a day or two and roam the countryside while there. 

Dale and Max are starting to collect rainwater – it is a scientific effort – once a teacher always a teacher….. we will see how the cisterns hold up!!!  It will be interesting and entertaining, that is for sure!!

Max has sorted through all of the fishing lures, put new line on the reels, bought a gaff, and is anxious to catch our first meal – we are kind of counting on it for tomorrow’s supper!!  You should have seen his smile while cleaning the tackle box – priceless!!  :)

To our family and friends – THANKS – just one huge thanks for supporting us and loving us….
Farewell to Belize  …. We begin …..

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