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.











Friday, April 1, 2011

Seeing the sites in St. Lucia


Road trip – windy roads… oh my!!  The four of us – Father, Chuck, Dale and I took a little road trip to the active volcano and botanical garden. St. Lucian’s are very proud of the natural beauty that surrounds them.  There are “professional guides” at the volcano – so very knowledgeable and willing to share their expertise.
 Active volcano - boiling mud lakes

The Gardens were outstanding – Napoleon’s wife, Josephine had the natural hot springs built – my oh my – what history lays beneath all of the stone … fascinated and overwhelmed with the beauty.
You thought you would see Dale in Josephine's pool - right?

The tropical flowers were breathtaking – between Chuck and I – we probably took 100 photos of the helaconia, birds of paradise, and anthurium – so many varieties… 
All I can think of …. “How did He do it?”   
The artwork of nature – nothing is taken for granted. 
How lucky are we to get to see this for ourselves!!

I am just going to share one more thought - when a person takes these "tours" - you are basically putting your life in their hands  – our driver took us over the most windy roads – and narrow … we were happy to get back to Companion – safe and sound!!!

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