• ARC

    ARC Day One

    The ARC start date is finally here! We were ready to go with a crew of Jill, me, our friend James Lee, and his friends, Kathy and Mike Rigo. We left the dock in Las Palmas at 11 AM. The start was at 1 ...

  • Spain and Portugal

    La Línea and Gibraltar

    A few weeks ago we were in Gibraltar, staying in the Queensway Quay marina. Then we sailed into the Mediterranean for a few weeks, and now have returned to the Gibraltar area, and are now in Marina Al ...

  • ARC

    Photos from A Coruña to Porto

    From July 27 to 30 we sailed from A Coruña to Porto, with two nights at anchor in Muros and one night in the marina in Baiona. Both towns are very nice. Winds were generally light--sometimes we had t ...

  • Launch

    Serene Splashes!

    Serene has been launched! On June 9th, she was lowered into the water in La Rochelle, France. You can see the video on our Sailing Serene Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/NylADudJhQs We'll h ...

  • Before Launch

    First look at Serene!

    Jill and I are in La Rochelle now, and of course we wanted to see our boat. It didn't take long to find it. It was on blocks in the "Plateau nautique" near Gulf Stream, our aftermarket vendor. We thin ...

  • Before Launch

    We are flying to France tomorrow!

    The time has come for us to take off on our adventure! We leave tomorrow, May 4th for La Rochelle, France. This is located on the west coast of France. Our boat will have some after market work compl ...

  • Before Launch

    Our boat is trucked to La Rochelle!

    Our boat left the factory in Le Poiré-sur-Vie today, and was transported by truck to La Rochelle, where after-market work and commissioning will be done. Here are two videos--one on the road, and one ...

  • Before Launch

    Photos from the Excess Factory

    We were just sent a few photos of our boat in the Excess factory in Le Poiré-sur-Vie, France. It's looking great! It's due to leave the factory and be trucked to La Rochelle for after-market work on ...