We are about to start another adventure which is much needed after a rough few years. 4 kids later and its time to get away and get back to what is important in life.

The passage of time...

7 years and three kids later, here we are hoping to put our boat in the water this summer and dreaming of longer voyages!

Please welcome Rourke Jacob Allen to the world!

It's been a long, long time...

We are still land-locked however, Don and I have been busy and are still dreaming of the day we get to go sailing again. We have in the time being, been training for an Ironman. We intend to complete IM Lake Placcid on July 20 of this year.
Anam Cara is still in her cradle tucked away with Dave Cadman at the Body Boat Shop in Holland. She is probably feeling neglected.
We are hoping to see Tom and Amy from DreamCatcher this summer if they can find a way to come to Indiana while they sit out hurricane season. Don and I are debating whether to keep Anam Cara as she has served us well or to purchase a bigger boat. There are pro's and con's to both and as we are still working on our sailing kitty, we don't have to decide just yet! Fair winds and calm seas,
Sandi and Don

Back home again in Indiana.... AND SELLING ANAM CARA!!

We're back. Don and I are home in our old farm house. Don spent the winter putting in some wonderful new additions including a wood burning stove and a nice window through our kitchen into our "mud" room. They were both great surprises for me when I came home from Virginia. We are both working again and dreaming of the islands. We are selling our beloved Anam Cara. We hope to upgrade to a 40' or so boat. This decision has not come easily because of all the hard work and love we put into Anam Cara. She's a beauty and will always be remembered. We will be selling and sailing her this summer. We plan to put her in Lake Michigan with a for sale sign and also placing ads in some boat sales magazines/websites. We'll keep posting to this site in order to keep it. We'll be logging our boat news along with our triathlon news. Until next time.

"Sale" - ing Sandi and
Dealing Don

Virginia

The trip has come full circle. We are spending our days in air conditioning, hot showers, big soft beds, and plenty of good food. Ahhhh.... civilizaton. Here we are in Virginia our final destination. We stopped along the way in Oriental, NC and stayed with our friends Tom and Amy of DreamCatcher. They taught us how to go crabbing and how to clean and eat the crabs we caught. It was FUN! Then we took the Dismal Swamp route the rest of the way to Virginia. Pictured is a view of the narrow passageway. The wildlife includes, pelicans, osprey, watermoccasin snake, baby birds in a crab trap, and a dragonfly. The pups didn't enjoy all the motoring and spent most of their time hiding under the "captain's seat".





 

Virginia

June 2006

Well friends, here we are back in the good old US of A. We ended up motoring and sailing from the Bahamas to St. Augustine. The forecast was a little off and we didn't get the winds we thought we would. This made for a calm, uneventful, and a bit boring, 3.5 nights and 3 days. FUN STUFF. We didn't get as far as we thoguht we would so we did another 2 day, 1 night sail from St. Augustine to Charleston and then a day of motoring to get to our present location in Georgetown, SC. Its lovely here. It reminds me of our home port, Saugatuck, MI. We are glad to be back in the states and have the amenities and FOOD that we missed in the Bahamas. We hope to be in Virginia by the end of the month. We are also hoping to get a new phone number soon. We love and miss you all. Shining Sandi and Dapper Don

This little guy hopped aboard for a ride along the way. 

The last day on the Bahama banks, Don and I caught this Cero Mackeral. It was the only edible fish of the 5 we caught total. 3 huge Barracuda, one 6 inch Cero and then the big boy!