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This story depicts an accounting of a husband and wife's fullfilment of their one-year-long Dream Cruise from Lake Superior, U.S.A. to the Caribbean Sea. Their ship is a thirty one year old Coronado 35' center cockpit sloop rigged sailboat named DRIFTER. She had been meticulously maintained from the day she came out of the mold. Some ammenities were added, such as refrigeration, for this liveaboard lengthy cruise. A wide variety of weather conditions are experienced and vividly described. As one might expect, they meet some very interesting characters as their voyage progresses. Their cruising adventures take them across Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie. Transiting the East Coast of the United States from New York to Florida, they utilize a combination of the Intracoastal Waterway with several offshore passages. From Florida they sail east through the Bahamas Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands in route to the Caribbean Sea. Thoroughly experienced sailors as well as true novices will find this story very entertaining and informative. The moral of the story is, Don't bury your dreams in the shadows of your mind. Live them while you have the chance. Anything is possible.

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The Author is a self-taught sailor who began his adventures in a 14' open-boat day-sailor on fresh water lakes in Minnesota, U.S.A. As his sailing abilities increased, so did the size of his vessels, one of which was a 30' sloop rigged cruiser. The largest vessel on which he served as Captain was a Morgan 40. Over a period of twenty five years he has sailed across the U.S. Great Lakes, the east coast of the U.S., the Bahamas Islands and the Virgin Islands in the West Indies. During twenty of those years he held a U.S. Coast Guard Captain's License to 'carry passengers for hire'. When the five year renewal fee reached in excess of four hundred dollars he discontinued the license. After choosing early retirement from the Commercial Finance Industry he continued his boating adventures and now resides in Arizona south of the well known Lake Mead.

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