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This website is here for us to share our roaming of the oceans…

Our journey is probably most eloquently summerised by a poem written for us by our friend Liz Black:

David and Mary are leaving; their dreams are coming true,
To sail away on their yacht, with a large crew, of two!
A trip of a lifetime, a dream in the making,
A trip of a lifetime, a chance that’s worth taking.
They’ve planned, and fussed, to make sure nothing’s missed
Sure Mary’s been writing it all in her lists!
Their house is for rent and their family’s been told,
Now till we get back you lot — be good as gold!

Preparations been busy, that’s all they’ve been doing of late,
From sitting first aid, to trying to loose weight!
The diet’s been working, they’ve done very well,
In more ways than one, they can cope with the swell.
They’re leaving their kids and their loved ones at home,
While off in their trip the two of them roam,
The yacht is all ready and ship-shape below
As it is off into the sunset the two of them go.

We wish you well and will think of you lots,
Seeing the world, and all it’s ‘hotspots’
The challenge, excitement, and all things you’ll see new,
We hope laughter’s aplenty and the worries are few.
So take care David and Mary, this wish from your friends
Have a blast on your trip is the message we send!

–Liz Black

Below you can view all posts in the ‘About’ category:

Giselle’s Position Links

October 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Have added a couple of links to our boat position. This will be updated via the Yotreps reporting scheme. Should be there within about 12 hours of our report. See right hand side links. More details on www.pangolin.co.nz

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Tags: About · At Sea · Contacts for good info · Pacific Leg · Route and dates

The Boat

January 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Why did we choose Giselle? We weren’t expecting to. Mary saw an advert in the Cruising Association magazine for charts of the world along the route we planned. We bought them from Pete and Gay Kite and collected from their new home in the South of France. While there, we looked at their Van de […]

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The Route

January 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments

This is our plan. – Leaving Loch Creran early July 2008 – Crossing the Altantic ready for Xmas in Martinique – Panama Canal April 2009 – Tahiti in time for the July 14th Celebrations – Xmas 2009 in New Zealand – East Coast of Australia mid 2010 – Thailand for Xmas 2010 – Red Sea […]

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Tags: About · Route and dates