Sea of Cortez

The Sea of Cortez is an unspoiled, unexplored, almost virgin wonderland. It is a hard place to get to from the East Coast, but it was Kate’s big birthday, so we had to charter a small Beneteau there through the Moorings. It is remote and wild with big rocks. It was cold and windy and wonderful. We had a dolphin visit us on New Year’s Eve and it was unforgettable. Hope to get back there somehow.

Don’t miss this place.

Downeast! Maine and Nova Scotia

Last summer we had a great trip to Maine and braved the fog. Hey, once you survive for a few days you start to enjoy the challenge. You just need really good navigation equipment. In every anchorage and in every quite little village, we met people we know. We visited so many boats we’ve sold and even found people we’ve only spoken with on the phone. We made lots of friends and had a great time.

We hope to see you up there. Let us know if you are sailing North this summer.

Lyle Hess Rendezvous 2004

April 17th in Oakland California, owners of Lyle Hess designs…Nor’Sea 27 and Bristol Channel Cutters will gather. We all appreciate the late Lyle Hess for his genius and unique way of packing everything neatly in a small package. We’ll be there!

On the Chesapeake, we hope to have a similar gathering in the fall. Just counting the Bristol Channel Cutters and the Nor’Sea we’ve sold, we have quite a group. You’ll probably see us in or around Annapolis in September.

Panama Canal aboard Gosi

Panama Canal, Colon to Panama City, on GOSI, Valiant 42 owned by our dear friends Barb and Tom. 2004

Bernie and I were “line handlers” and we had an amazing adventure. It was a great experience going through the Gatun Locks, across Gatun Lake, and through the Miraflores to the Balboa Yacht Club and La Playita! It is a great place to visit even if you never sail through!

S/V “Indigo”, Bristol Channel Cutter #113

Channel Islands 2005

When we saw Indigo in Mates “Best” we loved her. When we saw her in Newport, we could not resist. We bought Indigo to put her in the Boat Show for the Sam L. Morse Co. Of course we had to sail the Channel Islands before shipping her home to Annapolis.

Santa Cruz 2005

We had a wonderful adventure sailing from Catalina to Oxnard, to Santa Cruz. It was spectacular! From the beautiful “anchorages” with towering cliffs to the sea life, dolphins and fish and birds. It is an amazing place to sail.

We decommissioned Indigo and shipped her home. Come see her and us at the Annapolis Boat Show.

Winter 2005-06, Aloha Winter Cruise

On Dec 7th, we left Annapolis with snow on the boat and sailed 4,000 miles! Although we did come back four times to take care of business, we actually made down the East Coast, across the Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico, to Key West, to Marathon, to Nassau, the Exumas, and back across the stream to make landfall North of Charleston. We recommend the trip! It was a great voyage in a small seaworthy boat! Aloha, BCC #95 was refit in 2004-05 with everything imaginable including the SSB, laptop, and installed sat phone. Great trip!

West Marine Bermuda Cup

RogueWave is a unique brokerage and consulting firm in large part because we sail. We started it all with our HR53 Solstice equipped with every component to enable seamless communication, we manage to run the business and sail. So we sail every chance we get and we look forward to mentoring our friends and clients. Now, whatever boat we sail, we find our friends in every harbor.

One of the best cruises was the fun cruising race from Norfolk to Bermuda. We had a great time with great people. We had a great party aboard Solstice!