Cruising the BVI’s Permanently – Here’s Rod’s story: “I stepped on a sailboat for the first time in my life at 60. Totally hooked. Two weeks later we owned a Venture Newport 23. Three years later we bought a 1988 Bayfield 32 and down to the BVI’s we went”.
“We have lived on a sailboat in these islands from January – March every year for the last ten years . My talk will focus on living on a sailboat, our cruising lifestyle, the financial costs, and the joys of being down here every winter!”
“This event got started on a walk I took with a friend to the lighthouse at the NSC marina entrance and our way back I dropped into the clubhouse to use the washroom.
Never suspected how a visit to a washroom could so dramatically change my life and my wife’s, but it did ! On the way out I saw a sign “Learn How to Sail”, so I got curious …The rest is history
Members of all local sailing clubs obtain a discount on food purchases by showing a valid club membership card. The kitchen will be open from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m., so feel free to join us for a bite and a beer before the talk, which will start at 7:30 p.m. Bring yourself. Bring your friends. Attendees are asked to make a donation to support youth sailing.
For the complete Winter Speakers Program, see the Speakers Series Calendar.