After two years of being on the hard in Jolly Harbor Marina, we returned to TwoLoose at the end of Dec 2018 to put her back together again. It took us about two months to do all the things required to make her habitable as well as operational. Clearly she did not like being left untended for that long!

We flew to Cancun, MX to join Peter's eldest daughter (Cindi) and her family for an Island Christmas before we flew off to Antigua to rejoin the boat after a 2 year absence. Cindi's husband, Arturo, son Andres (22) and daughter Amaya (18) and their collection of animals (1 horse, 2 cats, 3 dogs and only one male amongst them!) all made us feel quite welcome. It had been TOO long since seeing them.

After 21 days (including Christmas & NYE) at sea S/V TwoLoose with Captain Pete, Crew Bob “Hokie” Baran and Crew Annette arrived Jolly Harbor, Antigua. The crossing from Pasito Blanco, Grand Canary was basically uneventful. We used the jib the entire transit - never put up the main and motored only a few days in the beginning as we escaped the wind shadow created by the Canary Islands. Winds & seas were predominantly from the NE (as predicted); on our starboard quarter creating the somewhat unnerving “washing machine/corkscrewing” effect on boat & crew. Only serious impact was on Captain Pete who injured his back while refueling immediately before our departure. Thank goodness Bob had brought a back brace which Pete used to improve his mobility greatly!

While TwoLoose remained in Finike, Turkey; we returned to the USA for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We also made our annual visits to doctors and dentist.

This album feature photos from our '14-'15 winter over port of Finike, TK. It will also display photos from any places visited from Finike.

This is the second album to feature photos from Marmaris (Jul-Oct '14). It also highlights the anchorages we visited along the Turkish Riviera.

Photos of Marmaris & immediate environs Oct '13 through Jul '14 with a couple of surprise US Navy photos from 2002!

1 - 8 Jul '14: Photos of the wedding of Zenta's eldest grandson Casper, the Staud Familie and town we stayed in - Diessen am Amersee.

TL's maintenance period started later than we would have preferred - for many reasons - none of which truly matter in the end. We're in it now and we will get the most of it even if we drift into warmer temps and delay the start of this season's cruising season.

For the week of 4 May, Peter & AB enjoyed another visit to Istanbul only THIS time we met up with some long time girlfriends (& one new guy friend) from the U.S. The sub album contains photos of our first visit to Istanbul in November 2013.

14-21 April '14 we toured Turkey's capital Ankara and several other locations some distance from our "home base" of Marmaris.

We spent an albeit short but fun filled Thanksgiving weekend with Peter's youngest daughter Traci in her almost new house near Cleveland.

Here we show off Peter's eldest daughter Cindi, his son-in-law Arturo, his eldest of 3 grandsons Andres (18) and his eldest of 2 granddaughters Amaya as well as the beautiful island of Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

We stayed here only long enough to 1) check-in and out of Symi Is. and 2) check-out of Greece. However, we liked it well enough to know we'd like to return!

Our well protected all-round anchorage plus FREE entertainment!

After another rocky ride, we arrived 23 Sep in the beautiful town of Corfu on the island by the same name. Aside from the intriguing mix of architecture brought by former occupiers, the locals are very friendly and despite economic conditions seem to make the most of their situation.

Our second visit to the southern most check-in port in Croatian was unplanned. We ran there after our curtailed visit to Montenegro avoiding weather.

Our short but memorable visit to this intriguing country.

To use the overused description: Awesome! Venice has not only the usual Italian charm & intriguing history, it is unique in it's watery ways and amazing feats of engineering! Like Rome there just isn't enough time to take it all in.

Here are some photos of our third / current "TwoLoose" (IP-45) and her dinghy sidekick "La Trek" in various places & "poses" over the years.

This album features photos from the area around NAUTEC marina in which we left TwoLoose during the period 15Jul13 to late August 2013