We Dared Greatly: The Visual Story of our Adventure
The house that paid for the dream
Pallet Packed for Trinidad beside Airplane in Garage!
Houston airport, ready to go
First view of Trinidad out plane window!
Ascending the ladder
Molly at the helm
Studio number four, upstairs on right
Day 1, Family Bed
View of sunrise from studio porch
Yard wildlife – iguana
Family bed, boys on floor cushions
Old dodger, needs to go
Hanging at the top of the mast
View of the boat from top of the mast
Boatyard Sunset from top of mast
F-ing Hillbillie Sailors
Pallet unpacking in studio
Old dinghy parked illegally
Pelican rescue
Trinidad hillside
View of Port of Spain
Todd in dinghy with Sailrite order
By day sewing workshop, by night living quarters
Sewing sails on the floor
Sail repair out the door and down the porch
Getting a new paint job, the first time
Reading a friend-author’s books on board
Three Muskateers playing Legos
Dashing Pirate Jammie Diver
Onboard surgery
Big and little Destiny’s Bounty
Prayer flags over our berth
Christmas Breakfast on the Boat
Christmas Diver
Decorating Christmas cookies on board
Airship!
Splash!
Boatkids playing Legos aboard
DB at night in the Emergency Dock
Pelican visitor on our stern
Tranquility, week in E Dock
Sunset from the slip
Making the Dodger Pattern
Dodger Pattern with Sunshine behind
Cutting out pattern pieces on the floor
Birthing the dodger-bimini
Dodger-bimini, finished beast over a cracked floor
Beautiful dodger and sail covers
New dinghy in the water
Happy New Dinghy Ride!
Christening DB
Boatkids ON the water, finally!
Birthday sail
Lifeline netting and Venezuelan fishing boats
DB on a mooring ball
The Bocas up close
Going away package
Double rainbow over the bow the day we are leaving
Blessing again and more booze for the gods
Finally cruisers starting out on our passage
Seas getting rougher, last picture taken on passage
We left our home in the middle of the ocean
BEST COFFEE EVER
1st view of Grenada, from the window of a cruise ship
Exhausted captain getting a quick nap
Costa Magic
Tired boys in Tropicana hotel
View of marina from Tropicana porch
Todd and DB are finally back
Messed up galley
Soaked V-berth
Junk pulled off engine, sad towel laying in sea water
Sandy Island
Xander catching hermit crabs
Hermit crab
Sandy Island beach landing
The boys and a pretty blond on a hammock
Nutmeg with mace
Nutmeg factory – shipping area
Rum factory
Rum factory gears
Fresh cacao!
Cacao beans drying in the sun
Grenada
Three Muskateers on the beach
Rainbow over dingy dock in Grenada
Yummy figgy bananas
Figgy bananas
The gaping hole in the exhaust system
Packing for another pallet
DB on the hard in Grenada
Ladder up to DB in Grenada
Making our last breakfast on board DB
Kid’s net – last morning
The Three Muskateers on a bench in Grenada
We Dared Greatly: The Before and After Pictures
Before – Destiny on the hard in Trinidad
After – DB on the Hard in Grenada
Before – Bow Looking Forward
After – Bow Looking Forward with Boat Kids Aboard
Before – Bow Looking Aft
After – Bow Looking Aft
Before – Sad Dinghy
After – Happy New Dinghy
Before – Galley
After – Galley
Before – Empty Nasty Fridge
After – Full Cruiser’s Fridge
Before – Nav Station Cushions
After – Nav Station Cushions
Before – Pilot Berth
After – Pilot Berth with New Pillows
Before – Dinette
After – Dinette
Before – Forward Head
After – Forward Head
Before – Forward Head Shower
After – Forward Head Shower and Teeny Washing Machine
Before – Aft Head
