Cruising with Kids: S/V Dream Catcher

We've sold the house, bought the boat and will homeschool our children for the next year or two aboard our 43' Sailing Catamaran. Follow the adventures of the Daniels' family as they cruise the caribbean.

10 July 2007 | Provincetown, MA
29 June 2007 | Cape May, NJ
18 June 2007 | Washington DC
04 June 2007 | Beaufort, NC
22 May 2007 | Green Turtle
20 May 2007 | Green Turtle
19 May 2007 | Guana Cay
12 May 2007 | Hope town Abacos
03 May 2007 | Eluthera Island
23 April 2007 | Fernandez Bay, Cat Island
14 April 2007 | Dover New Hampshire
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21 March 2007 | Turks & Caicos
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10 March 2007 | Georgetown, Bahamas
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27 February 2007 | Thompson Bay, LI
15 February 2007 | Georgetown
07 February 2007 | Georgetown
25 January 2007 | Conception, Exumas

The journey has begun

19 July 2006 | Dover Point NH
Dave
Today we started our journey when we dropped the mooring line that has been our home for the past month. As we cruised down the Piscataqua River for what would be the last time for at least a year, it just didn't seem real. For me, it seems like we are just going on vacation for a while. Lisa thinks it will eventually hit me after a couple weeks of going places we have never been. Our good friends the Berniers will accompany us for the first several weeks as we hop around the Cape and the Islands. Which is just what the Doctor ordered for Helen's recovery. Our first stop was the Isle of shoals where we moored for the night so we could get an early start for Provincetown on the Cape. The shoals were beautiful with very little wind and an amazing sunset. It's a lot different out here on a week night with several cruisers around. Our neighboring boat was hailing from Sweden. On the maintenance side of things, I spent another hour working on the head after replacing the Y Valve, still no luck. Can't seem to figure out why the pressure is building and not releasing. Oh well that's for another day. We will just have to resort to the manual pump in the other head. If anything, you get a good arm workout. With a 5AM start planned for the morning, it's off to bed early tonight.
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Vessel Name: Dream Catcher
Vessel Make/Model: Voyage Norseman 430
Hailing Port: Dover Point, NH
Crew: The Daniels
About: Dave , Lisa, DJ (13). Nicole (11)
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We've sold the house, bought the boat and will homeschool our children for the next year or two aboard our 43' Sailing Catamaran. Follow the adventures of the Daniels' family as they cruise the caribbean. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than [...]
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