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.











Saturday, February 15, 2020

2016

 2016 
Another big year – Cora Kay Hermansen was born – August 10th.  So lucky to live close enough for a quick drive north to see this precious little gem.  

January’s grey skies led us to down to San Diego to get some sun and enjoyed a great visit with Lois and Jerry.  Walking the Coronado grounds, Midway Carrier tour and the Italian neighborhood for dining … love that city and this couple.

A bucket list was checked off by visiting our Dutch friends who had sailed for a year and a half to get to the French Polynesia Islands and Tahiti.  We took the easy way – flew there!  Spending three weeks sailing on Dual Dragons was amazing.  Night sail (180 nm) to Bora Bora was good and then a nice leisurely pace around the islands and ending up back in Tahiti for a few days.  Splendid waters – snorkeling, eating delicious food and consuming the local beer …. All good.  The locals were charming and welcoming …. Loads of dominos, reading and catching up with each other.  It was good to be with Ben and Nannie, where we found out they were heading back to the northwest.

Los Angeles in July for AIFD. Fun to go see Mickey and his pals!
Another chance to share the love of flowers for Ben and Anika’s wedding.  Felt so blessed to be able to share the passion of flowers.

We finished up the year by traveling to Washington DC for a couple of weeks.  Kim had an AIFD meeting so we added some time there … visiting the Smithsonian museums is always a learning experience and walking the city is a humbling experience.  (someday it will feel like that again)

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