We are planning on departing Bronte in July 2023 on a one year sabbatical to the Bahamas and back. This is a long-held dream of mine - 25 years in fact. As with many things, Life has conspired to keep me firmly rooted right here in Bronte. Luckily, I have a beautiful partner Renate, also a long time sailor, who has decided to share this adventure with me.

I am not getting any younger (In fact I am getting a damn sight older!) so now is the time to go! My business is such that I can leave it in the capable hands of my wonderful staff while I go galavanting off on the boat for the year. I will still be working and overseeing the business but on a much reduced scale. Fortunately Renate will be able to do the same thing with her business. Enough of this boring stuff!

I had a 2009 Hunter 36 purchased new (remember when the US and Canadian dollars were at par?!) when i was single. I was hell bent on making this journey and I figured I could do so solo and handle this boat, no problem. And then I met Renate and we decided we needed a larger boat, especially if we were going to make this trip. So I did - I purchased Windflyer at the end of 2017 and now owned TWO boats -yikes. I was able to sell the Hunter (also named Windflyer) in January 2018 and my heart and my blood pressure thanked me.