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

2019

2019

June 10th brought Isla Scout Hermansen into our lives.  Four grands and we could not be happier!  Her sweet smile – even the day she was born warms our heart! 

Cora is a wonderful big sister.





February was spent at a flower event in Philadelphia for the FTD World Cup – second time in the USA in over 50 years. Kim of course volunteered!  Flew back home – packed up the RV and headed south towards Arizona – Joshua Tree National Park, Palm Springs and a super visit with Uncle Bob and Mary Pat. We so enjoy hanging out with these two!




Flew back home – packed up the RV and headed south towards Arizona – Joshua Tree National Park, Palm Springs and a super visit near Mesa with Uncle Bob and Mary Pat. We so enjoy hanging out with these two! 

We drove the RV to San Jose where we met Danylle, Andy and the boys – had a couple of fun days there – they headed north on an adventure up the coast and through the redwoods in the RV. We flew to Chicago for a quick visit with Father.

Springtime in the Northwest  is “iffy” sometimes … a special Orchard Tour was planned by Laurie and Gregg near Yakima – seeing their family orchards – “the iffy” part was it had been quite cold and no fruit trees were in bloom … BUT  we were educated by Gip on the workings/ pruning/ gathering of the harvests. Next time we will go when the orchards are in bloom! Delicious food, visits to local wineries, hot dog bomb fire, just hanging out …we had a blast! 

In May we - Dad and the Dunker siblings went to Fremont to lay Mom’s ashes to rest.  It felt right to take her back to Nebraska.  Good visits with family plus a special lunch with Aunt Gladys – 99 years old. Dad and Kim returned to Nebraska for the October  celebration of Aunt Gladys 100th birthday!

AIFD was in Las Vegas – Steve and Wendy flew home with us – a few days on the sailing boat and Wendy was hooked.  Just what we needed – peace and quiet.  Other sailing adventures in the fall included a week with Bud and Sue and a long weekend with Laura and Brian. Both were super and filled with joy.

Dale had an incredible 2 week experience in August – he was asked by Sonny and Carole to help bring their Grand Banks Trawler “Evening Star” home from Seward, Alaska.  Dale was on the 700 mile voyage – 5 days across  the Gulf of Alaska.  As they say “they had some weather” – so to say the least it was an adventure. Saw some marine wildlife, fished for halibut, and the scenery was magnificent. 
 
October is a perfect time to go to British Columbia – spent 5 days with Em and Kyle – enjoying the little girls – Kyle and Emily took turns mountain biking the slopes.  Whistler is one of our favorite places to go.

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