In this cruising game you meet some wonderful people and to try and tell of them all would be a books worth.They come from all walks of life and just about every nationality.I was discussing (not whinging.......Me!!)with a fellow cruiser one day the unsuitability of being a brass and woodwind tech. as far as earning some money while cruising.He said he had the same problem."What do you do?" 'I'm a neuro surgeon".See what I mean?
I digress as usual.Just felt like introducing a couple of 'Cat' people.
Ed and Sue Kelly we met first at Mayaguana,down the bottom of the Bahamas.They live on a 12 metre ( USA 12 meter but pretty much the same size)Catalac catamaran.Angel Louise,named after Ed's mother,is a big heavy lump of a craft that Ed jokingly refers to as a squashed trawler.Let me tell you that Angel Louise has taken them to more places than most of us have been.When we first met this mild mannered couple (though I don't think I'd like to be 'interviewed' by Ed in his old job as a prosecuting attorney)they gave us their card that says 'We choose not to arrive at the end of our lives in perfectly preserved bodies,but rather to skid into the grave broadside,thoroughly used up,totally worn out-and loudly proclaiming:"WOW!!! what a ride!" and we thought Hmm.Now that we've known them for 3 years or so and bump into them every year or so ...we know they mean it.They've just crossed the Atlantic and are having a ball in England and are now talking about hitting the French canals.I think if they got in their heads to go to the moon they would have old Angel Louise strapped on the back of a shuttle one way or another.Unfortunately I can't direct you to a blog as they write personal journals that go to "honorary" crew members of which we are fortunate to be.
This is the only photo I have of these two together.Marie and Jean-Pierre Dufour are the ones each side of the bikini chic.She's Debbie who lives in Marina Darsina in Cuba where she is welcoming committee,interpreter and tour guide and several other things.Anyway we met Marie and JP in Cuba then Mexico,back in Miami and then up in Cape May.They were just round the corner from us in NY and I know they're doing grand kid things just a couple of bays up from us in Long Island sound right now.We 've had lots of good times with them but the amazing thing with them is their boat.It's a gigantic motor catamaran that they built in the middle of South America in Paraguay.Took them 4 years and and all sorts of hurdles.Not too bad for a doctor and nutritionist!Fortunately Marie writes a great Blog and I recommend a look at it for the whole adventure.As well as their boat building story you'll see in their more recent blogs some great descriptions of a lot of the places we've been and a good variety of photos to go with them.Check it out dominocatamaran.blogspot.com or domino20.blogspot.com.
Well those E addresses didn't come out in blue for linking so I give up for today
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