Saturday, November 10, 2007

A beginning.......


This is the site that we will use to keep family and friends up-to-date on our travels aboard our sailboat Antares, a Valiant 42 cutter which was built for us in 1996-7 and launched in May 1997. We kept her in Biloxi, MS until just after Hurricane Katrina, when we shipped her back to the factory for repairs from damage sustained in the storm. In November of 2006 she was trucked to Pensacola and we took off from there just after Thanksgiving 2006 and sailed to Isla Mujeres, Mexico via Key West. From there we worked our way down the east coast of the Yucatan, ending our trip in May in the Rio Dulce Guatemala.


We are now poised to begin another phase of our trip and we will try to keep everyone informed of our whereabouts and our adventures through this blog.Check in here after the beginning of the year.

5 comments:

Hannah said...

Orin and Gigi that is so cool I like it. Yes I will be checking in on this every week though cant wait to see more!!!
Love you and miss you,
(your neice) Hannah

The Williams Family said...

Well, obviously I will miss you both greatly, but this will be a great way to check in & see where ya'll are! Hope you have lots of fun & I will be here getting fatter...by the minute:)
Love,
Melis, Chase, Avery, & Baby #2

Kathleen and George said...

It's about time you got your own blog. Now all you need are more great adventures to write about. Those will begin again in Guatemala. See you in a few weeks.
With love from your boating buddies,
Kathleen and George,
s/v Deja Vu (www.dejavuchronicles.blogspot.com)

EricoMD said...

Hola,

Como estas? Very neat. Now you just need to get a camweb so we can we can hook up a line at the ASC watching you guys sail away with a little Jimmy Buffet playing in the background sipping on Mojitas while we scope away.

Have fun and be safe,

Eric and Elvira

Allyson said...

Hey! We are excited to track your journey. We'll be checking in on your blog. BTW-Whitney is getting engaged tonight! Love, Allyson and mom