What's in a name?? 2012 Hurricane Season...

Hurricane season is upon us and with two storms prior to the actual start date we have a hunch that this year might be a little busy. We spent last year in Rio Dulce, Guatemala a good spot to wait out the season. Although, we will pray and keep our dock lines and fingers crossed that it's as peaceful a year as ever, we got a giggle out of the names on this list!! Check it out!!


Alberto (used) Gone(used) - Gone but not forgotten.
 Beryl (used) Gone but not forgotten
Chris (unused) - Short for Christine or Christopher, remember that movie? Christine, eek!?
Debby (unused) - Does Dallas? Who knows...
 Ernesto (unused) - A Latin spin on a German name, spicy!
 Florence (unused) - My Grandmother's name, She doesn't take any stuff!
 Gordon (unused) - Captain, My Captain, I think Gordon will be the one!!
 Helene (unused)
 Isaac (unused)
 Joyce (unused)
 Kirk (unused)
 Leslie (unused)
 Michael (unused) - My Dad, and if this storm is anything like him, he'll give us hell!
 Nadine (unused)
 Oscar (unused) - The Grouch, need I say more??
 Patty (unused)
 Rafael (unused)
 Sandy (unused) - Sandy Seagull one of our dearest friends, and she's a tough cookie!
 Tony (unused) - Good Strong Italian Name, Hope he bark is worse than his bite.
 Valerie (unused)
 William (unused) - A good, strong name.

Since this is our lifestyle we will be paying particular attention to this topic until November.Do any of these names have any significance in  your life?? Help us fill in the blanks!

*Giving credit where credit is due, our friends on SV Papillion posted the list of names on their blog first, check it out here.

Past Guests

 

Here we are with Rudi and Roxanne in Long Island, Acklin Islands, Bahamas 2011.Having guests on board can be the most difficult and rewarding experience of your cruising journey. Sometime you never know what you are going to get. In our situation, Roxanne is my sister and I knew what I signed up for with her. But, when we asked Roxanne to bring a friend for the leg to Jamaica we weren't sure what we had in store. We spent the better part of 3 months living in close quarters and experiencing some of the more incredible parts of our trip with them. The memories we created of that time will live forever in our minds and have created an unbreakable friendship.

These guys were crucial crew in getting San San from Bahamas to Jamaica. I'm not a big fan of overnight unless there is a 4 person rotation! Rudi was my watch partner for the 3 long nights to Jamaica. We talked about everything from our past to our future and shared music and jokes together while we navigated our little home across the Windward Passage, one of the scarier for me passages. GR and Rox were watch partners and I'm sure they did the same, that right there, the sharing of  responsibility for the boat, for the vessel in which we all live in, care for and depend on is another very strong connection made while cruising with guests.

I added a page to the blog called "Past Guests"  where I am asking our past guests on any of our previous boats to leave us a little message telling our readers what their experience was like. I hope to encourage more people to join us, may it be for a season or for a week. We are living our dream and being able to share it with others is our passion. Please take some time to read their words.

*If you would like to write up a few words about your experience with us, please email mvfelicity@gmail.com

Parent to Parent

"I prayed God would give me an awesome life; I think he just made me famous!" - Gia

Okay so, after yesterday's post and comments I have to say that not only is Gia awesome, (I mean I am a little biased) but all boat kids are awesome. I got to thinking and every single one of our best friends live on boats. There's Sebastian on Jamoco, Maya & Finn on Tranquility, Arias on Necesse, Jade & Marc Antoine on L'Eau Dace 4, Storm on Cat and many many others I forgot to mention. We keep in touch with these kids through an awesome website, kids4sail.org run by an incredible boat mom as a way to foster play dates and get the kids to keep in touch with their friends even after they sail away!

Kids that live on boats have more responsibilities, they are more aware of their surroundings and learn nautical language as well as boat handling skills on top of their every day studies. Since the sailing lifestyle includes a lot of travel they are able to adapt to change and make friends quickly helping them to fit in anywhere. I'm so happy that we were able to share our lifestyle and education choices with the South Florida region through WSVN Channel 7 and hopefully even further by sharing the link with our sailing friends from all over the world!

Please take a minute and view the video. If you' d like to share it with someone that is interested in learning more about alternative education or sailing with children please do.

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