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 29, 2020

To Franz Josef then to Queenstown

February 26, 2020

Franz Josef is a town near the coast, which has the hike toward the Franz Josef Glacier. A small tourist town where the sound of helicopter could be heard every 15 minutes, as it took tourists up
to the glacier to get personal with the glacier. On the way to Franz Josef, we stopped to see if we could get a tour to the nesting of the white herons, but they were done nesting for the year. So instead we headed to Okarito. A tranquil beach where life was moving slower.




After lunch in Franz Josef, it was off to search for the glacier (glassier) Where Brian and Laura are standing was where the glacier was in 1908, it has receded over 3 km since then.  On the hike, there was a waterfall at every little crevice in the mountain sides. 

On Feb. 27 it was a rainy, cool blustery day as we did the 200+ mile day to Queenstown, the active sport, destination in New Zealand.  
We will spend 3 nights in Queenstown in a condo over looking Lake Wakatipu. Friday, we picked up Steve and Carol from South Carolina, formerly from outside Chicago to make us a group of 6.  




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