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, October 21, 2011

Year 2 begins

On Tuesday, 10/18 or in the rest of the world 18/10, I boarded a American flight from Chicago to Miami then an hour lay-over to Curacao. Anticipating that I would have to unload all of my carry-ons: A rod case( containing a long range wi-fi antenna, 1 short hose, plus a fishing rod from Keith), a backpack (containing a solar/wind regulator that looks like 30 wires going in all direction (took 20 min. in Seattle), a large breifcase (containing all of the computer wires, + satelite phone + desulfinator (who knows if it works to help rejuvinate batteries) plus cruising books). I also had taken out the miniMac, keyboard, Ascer laptop, and IPad so I had 3 bins. Oh, it's Chicago, TSA didn't even slow down the belt.

Arrived 7 PM to meet Inka, my car rental guy. 7:45, No Inka, and my AT&T international phone does not work (what a surprise). So find a cute girl and ask to borrow her phone, call Inka (No car but at least he will pick me up in 30 minutes, that becomes 50 minutes).

At Royal Marine, boat looks good or "SUPER". In the morning, boat still looks good, Louis had outside of boat cleaned, but did not have time to get gas in frig. Later in day, but no Louis later. Inka has bottom paint and solar panels, okay, but no car till maybe friday. To Inka, "I will take 4 gallons of paint (I hope blue) and 1 solar panel, and I will get car elsewhere, where I can use credit card".

So I unwrapped the bins in boat, charged batteries for drill, and unloaded the carry-ons plus two large duffle bags. Thursday and friday I sanded bottom of boat, cleaned 1 water tank, connected solar/wind regulator, and hooked up Desulfinator ?? plus got a grey KIA Picanto to rent. So I just got back from eating at small bar at nearby fishing marina. Ordered chicken, 6 pieces of fried (I reconized about 3 out of the 6 pieces). It was good, with fries and a salad. Conditments, catsup, mayo, and a container with pink liquid with onions (salad dressing RIGHT??). No, Hot sauce. The 2 polar beers helped. I just checked spelling and the text lite up (spelling is in dutch) so if I misspelled some words so be it.

Life is good!!
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