Captain Kirk and First-Mate/Navi-Girl Heidi untied the dock-lines in Seattle in August 2015 and set sail for Mexico with our two-kitty crew Tosh & Tikka. We've been in Mexico since then.  
 
Kirk grew up sailing in Seattle and has been boating his whole life. [...]He has been racing sailboats for more than 50 years, including two Vic-Maui races (from Victoria, BC to Maui, Hawaii), one in 1990, and the other aboard our Due West in 1996. Kirk is a USCG licensed Captain with numerous deliveries on the west coast of the US from Alaska to Mexico, and Florida, and the Caribbean.   
 
Heidi has been sailing for over 30 years. She had the good fortune to be exposed to sailing as a kid on the Chesapeake and in the Caribbean, though she didn't really "learn" to sail until college. She also raced Vic-Maui on Due West in 1996, including organizing and provisioning for 8 crew for 17 days, and crewed on several deliveries from Seattle to California. Heidi is also a certified Holistic Health Coach & Blogger at HappyWellLifestyle.com (holistic health and nutrition), and Reiki practitioner.   
 
We met racing on an old 44' IOR boat thirty years ago, and have spent the years racing and cruising around the Pacific Northwest, California, and Mexico. We also love the Caribbean and have chartered many times in Grenadines and the BVIs. Our racing friends call us "The Cruisers", and our cruising friends call us "The Racers." We consider ourselves to be "Performance Cruisers," and look forward to racing opportunities in other countries, particularly Antigua Race Week once we get to the Caribbean side of the world.   
 
Our racing friends call us 'The Cruisers', and our cruising friends call us 'The Racers.' We consider ourselves to be "Performance Cruisers," and are looking forward to racing opportunities as we cruise. We are particularly looking forward to racing in Antigua Race Week once we transit to the Caribbean side of the world.