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.











Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Ringing in 2012

Ringing in the New Year … always causes reason to reflect on how fortunate we are
gaining another favorite son-in-law ranks as a highlight, enjoying the spontaneities and challenges of this lifestyle, having family and friends come to experience Companion with us, meeting people from all over the world and making friends ….

Sharing a festive table on New Year’s Eve with the kids, Ben, Nannie and another couple from Holland we brought in the New Year - it is gonna be another good one - I can just tell….
                                                                                   The Hermansen’s celebrate!

Gotta toast in the new year - Em and Ben


Dale with the lovely Nannie!


Most of you know that Dale likes to plan … so for this new year …. We are going to enjoy the coasts of Panama and Costa Rica …with lots of company  (right now we have Tina with us for the next 3 weeks) …  getting Companion shipped up to Victoria BC and start the building process for our “container!”  We will take our time with each endeavor and enjoy the moments … life is short and I don’t want to miss out on anything!



Just want to say thanks to Em, Kyle and Bryce for making our holiday merry - we loved having you aboard and can’t wait till we just have a 30-mile sail for a “happy hour!” 



The traditional glasses continue - we will save these till we drink again!!  
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