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, October 7, 2010

Refit is happening - October 6

Dale has a knack for finding “people” – we have Chris who is doing all of the electronics (radar, chart plotter, VHS, GPS, etc) and Dennis who is manufacturing the steel that will ultimately support the solar panels and wind generator.  These two remind me of “long time old friends that get the biggest kick out of each other” you know what I mean - those kind and Dale is fitting right in – both Americans that make their home in the Rio Dulce – so far so good –

Companion is torn up right now –kind of in a state of chaos and in order to keep with my new mantra – “hands busy – mouth shut” – I have polished over half of the stainless steel on the boat – nice and sparkly…. everyone that comes to see what we are doing –(they drive over in their dinghy’s) say they can’t believe this boat is 5 years old – “she is in great shape” – good for us to hear….

The big plus is – now we have surround sound  - using our I-pods – so we have music …..  really nice… Dale is excited about the new chart plotter with Radar, AIS, autopilot all working simutaneoulsy…. he needs a class or two to make it work ….. hopefully when Chris comes back on Friday he can give Dale a lesson….. 

All I can say is thank goodness we made a huge stop at Home Depot before we left – cable ties, duct tape, gorilla glue and goof off – have been placed into immediate service – you just can’t get normal things like that here…. actually Chris and Dennis have been eyeing the cable ties – we might have to trade work for ties!!  Companion is gearing up for something quite grand….








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  1. kapOctober 9, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    Surround sound and i-phone using solar power makes Andy happy!

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