It all started like this.... We were on vacation in St. Martin, NA. Any time were there, we always make reservations on BlueBeard III trip to prickly pair for a day of drinks, snorkeling and fun. While on BlueBeard, we happened to meet a couple from South Africa (Hugh and Glyn) and started chatting with them. They owned a sailboat (s/v pizzazz) and were starting to plan a crossing. They were visiting some other friends who lived on board in the Carribean. At days end, we all wound up in a pub having a few more drinks and were exchanging tales of sailing etc. I remember being in awe of decisions that our new friends had made. Patrick owned a sailboat earlier in his life and has always wanted to sail. I enjoy sailing but had limited experience. Patrick eventually leaned over and said "we can do this too you know". I remember the thought being scary at first, however, after some thought I thought "Yes we can do this". We then began discussions of what we each wanted in a boat and began our search.

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