* Cruisians
I’m cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
*A small, exclusive group of people who are mentally ill and feel, for some reason unbeknownst to anyone, that by getting on a small boat about the size of a jail cell and heading out into the most inhospitable place on Earth (the ocean), they will somehow enjoy themselves.
Annie Dike is a bit of a country girl, raised between the dust and tumbleweeds of New Mexico and the thickets and kudzu of Alabama. In a former life she was an attorney. She sort of took a “left turn” one day and retired from the practice at the ripe age of 30. Now she writes, drinks and sails! She and her lucky boyfriend, Captain Phillip, like to sail their 1985 Niagara 35 all over the west coast of Florida. Oh yeah, and she is the author of the story in this issue titled Crossing Cultures! This is one of the people who helped us get started. He joined the Founders Circle as one of our first subscribers. Norm likes sailing a Big Boat on a small lake. He sails with the Sailing Academy on Lake Lanier, Georgia. Tom Curran sails his Watkins 25, S/V Comfortably Numb, on the east coast of Florida. He sails around Patrick Air Force Base where he takes out “sunset cruises” from the Manatee River Marina. He says it has a great tiki bar and suggests we come visit. Sounds like a good idea.
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Meet Jane Vanse. Here she is sitting in Cornwall, U.K. getting ready for a race. For 11 years she headed up the cushion department at JSI, but she is now enjoying life a little. She is waiting to get a “bionic hip” so she can get on with enjoying the boating lifestyle. Good luck Jane!!
This is Captain Jeff. Here, he shows off his catch. Wife Marie was trying to figure out whether she should clean it and cook it, or let him eat it like a sardine!
Bill & JoAnne Harris have had a number of their articles published here in Cruising Outpost. They have been sailing all over the world and are still out there doing it. We, of course, are jealous!
Mike & Kay Heath of S/V Finisterre began cruising in 2004. After reaching south to Ecuador, they transited the Panama Canal and have cruised the Caribbean, U.S. southeast coast, and the Bahamas. www.cruisingoutpost.com
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