N63Bravo

Before our house was sold in February 2019, and before Bravo was found and purchased, we had already planned a trip to Ireland and Netherlands with four of our friends… Mark and Dawn Jeseritz, and Chet and Lynette Kenoyer. Ireland was chosen partly because Nora and Dawn have Irish heritage. Netherlands was a once in a lifetime chance to cruise the canals of Friesland on Chet and Lynette’s 113-year old barge, Vertroweeten. The 70' Vertroweeten   Strangely, the timing of the trip overlapped our move onto Bravo which was docked in Shelter Cove Marina on Hilton Head Island, SC. So, we packed and shipped our pod, locked up our storage unit, and got on a plane to Dublin, Ireland. Still way too  much stuff in storage! Ireland After an overnight flight, Seattle to Dublin, we picked up our rental car (Karl was designated “wrong-side-of-the-street” driver) and headed west to Athlone, Ireland. We had rooms booked above Bailey’s Pub and found it usin...

Nordhavn Rendezvous 2018  aka NAPS (Nordhavns Around Puget Sound)       Last June, a small group of Nordhavns and owners gathered informally at Port Ludlow for a weekend of potlucks, dock walks, boat tours, and general comradery. The main instigators for this escapade were Kevin and Alison on “Red Rover” and a fabulous time was had by all. Port Ludlow was a great setting for the first NAPS! We were lucky to attend as guests of Dennis and Julie Fox aboard their Willard Trawler, “Julie K”.  Dennis and Julie are long time serial Nordhavn owners, their most recent one being a Nordhavn 76, “Sea Fox”.  In 2004, they were participants in the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally where a group of Nordhavns crossed the Atlantic, and they have spent numerous seasons cruising the Mediterranean, Mexico, and US east and west coasts. Dennis was a tremendous help in finding our first Nordhavn, and throughout our first year of east coast live-aboard crui...