11/03/07 - 12/11/07 Australia - Sydney vicinity - seatrials/shakedown
Dan and Carol
12/15/07 - 12/23/07 Passage to New Zealand
1200 miles
Vaughn and Jeff
12/23/07 - 04/01/08 Cruising New Zealand
Vaughn, Jenny & family
Jerry & Toni
Tom & Merrie
Ted & Pat
Bill & Jill
04/01/08 - 04/15/08 Home: taxes, family, friends, poodle fixes
Dan & Carol
04/15/08 - 05/10/08 Passage to Tahiti
Ted & Tom
2800 miles
05/10/08 - 06/15/08 Pacific Island hopping
Ted
Tom & Merrie
Roy & Dione (?)
06/16/08 - 07/06/08 Passage to hawaii
2200 miles
Ted & Tom
07/07/08 - 07/21/08 Hawaiin Islands
Jerry & Toni
Don & Mary
07/21/08 - 08/09/08 Passage to Sitda, Alaska
2400 miles
Don & Mary
Paul B (?)
08/10/08 -08/30/08 Passage to San Juan Islands
George R.
Ernie & Lynne
08/31/08 - 09/06/08 RYC Cruise in San Juans
Dan & Gerri
09/17/08 - 10/15/08 Passage to San Francisco
Note: All passages are "weather permitting" and are tentative (loose for safety) reasons. We reserve the right to change the itinterary at a moment's notice. Remember the name "Caprice" means'Impulsive change of mind'. However, we will try our best to make time on board memorable. However, we will try our best to make time on board memorable and fun for everyone. We appreciate those who sign up for the more difficult passages.
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About Me
- Caprice
- 1291 Sanderling Island, Pt. Richmond, CA 94801, United States
- Dan and Carol Seifers
Crazy
Crazy Caprice, or what
Like is so good to us. At 65, after 15 years of retirement, my wife, Carol and I have everything one could want Good health (for old folks), loving children ( one son and his wife Jenny is marvelous), wonderful grandchildren (one age 6 and one age 4, who have a remarkable ability to totally exhaust us in about 4 - 6 hours), a good home. Wonderful friends. What more could one want?
Then we were casually cruising in the Delta ( area between Sacramento and San Francisco) last summer with the Richmond Yacht Club Cruising Group. Life was serene, life was comfortable, and then it happened - WHAM - we saw a cruising catamaran tied up at the Rio Vista marina with a sign in the window which listed its adventures. Starting in Australia, across to New Zealand, up to Tahiti, over to Hawaii and on the the West Coast. What an adventure!!! That’s when Carol started thinking about the possibility of buying a new boat (we already had a Gemini 34’ cruising catamaran - life was good). Then sailing in Sydney basin for a few months, then either shipping it to California or sailing it across the South Pacific to California. Is she CRAZY?
That started our CRAZY file.
Over the next few months, she started feeding me articles about Australia, New Zealand, and multihulls. She even subscribed to Multihull magazine and would place various articles about sailing in the South Pacific under my nose while I was reading the morning paper.
She became obcessed. A devil (Tasmanian?) had her. Then around Christmas time, the bug really bit me. We were perfectly happy with our boat, but the idea of getting a new one (with all the new toys) and visiting “down under” seemed very appealling. A friend loaned me all his books on New Zealand and Australia, and the more read, the more I becaume enthralled with the idea
Like is so good to us. At 65, after 15 years of retirement, my wife, Carol and I have everything one could want Good health (for old folks), loving children ( one son and his wife Jenny is marvelous), wonderful grandchildren (one age 6 and one age 4, who have a remarkable ability to totally exhaust us in about 4 - 6 hours), a good home. Wonderful friends. What more could one want?
Then we were casually cruising in the Delta ( area between Sacramento and San Francisco) last summer with the Richmond Yacht Club Cruising Group. Life was serene, life was comfortable, and then it happened - WHAM - we saw a cruising catamaran tied up at the Rio Vista marina with a sign in the window which listed its adventures. Starting in Australia, across to New Zealand, up to Tahiti, over to Hawaii and on the the West Coast. What an adventure!!! That’s when Carol started thinking about the possibility of buying a new boat (we already had a Gemini 34’ cruising catamaran - life was good). Then sailing in Sydney basin for a few months, then either shipping it to California or sailing it across the South Pacific to California. Is she CRAZY?
That started our CRAZY file.
Over the next few months, she started feeding me articles about Australia, New Zealand, and multihulls. She even subscribed to Multihull magazine and would place various articles about sailing in the South Pacific under my nose while I was reading the morning paper.
She became obcessed. A devil (Tasmanian?) had her. Then around Christmas time, the bug really bit me. We were perfectly happy with our boat, but the idea of getting a new one (with all the new toys) and visiting “down under” seemed very appealling. A friend loaned me all his books on New Zealand and Australia, and the more read, the more I becaume enthralled with the idea
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3 comments:
Carol & Dan. At Quincy you gave us your BLOG address and because we also have a BLOG which documents our motorhome journeys, I was very interested in enjoying your upcoming water travels. What a wonderful journey you have planned. We will anxiously follow you, wish you safe travels until we see you at another Safari-R-Us rally.
Alan & Carol Scott
Dan and Carol. Muriel McCormick will be joining Dan and Gerrie in the San Juans. Wish you well on your very exicting journey
Carol and Dan,We hope this finds you in Australia, celbrating the big one a day early since it is only the 2nd here. Have fun as you start the great adventure.
Fairwinds, Steph and Paul
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