Home for us is Sebastopol, CA, USA, where children, grandchildren and surviving parents still reside. We lived aboard in SE Asia, except for short visits home spring of 06 til fall 09, primarily in China, Macau, Hong Kong, Philippine Islands and Malaysia. [...] Sept 09 - June 2010 we attended classes at Seattle Maritime Academy in Ballard. Late summer 09, summer 10, winter 10-11 and summer 11, all spent in SE Alaska. Sept '11 - Oct '13 in Bodega Bay CA Now back in PNW

while building, commishioning and shaking down, the boat was the 'ends'; now she's become the 'means' to explore new places, live there awhile, get to know folks before moving on. "David Ellis" is named after David J. Nagle & Ellis D. Peterson, Dave & Dorothy's dads. Both have passed, but [...]

would have loved the boat and the adventure.