.: March 2008

Monday, 24 March 2008

Delivery Crew

This is the official start of our "off-shore" journey....the Captain and crew delivering the boat from Vancouver to San Franscisco.

Oops....

On Christmas Eve, Diana injured her knee and spent most of the next 3 months on crutches, with a hand splint.

Winter at Silver Star Mountain

After tucking QuickStar in at her winter home at the El Cid Marina in Mazatlan, we flew back to Canada to our winter nest at Silver Star Mountain, Vernon, B.C. We spent a fabulous winter skiing, snowmobiling, learning bridge, meeting new friends on the mountain, visiting with friends and family.

During this time we did have friends and our boys make use of QuickStar while in Mazatlan.

Our plans now include spending about 8 months of the year onboard and 4 months at Silver Star. The best of both worlds!!!!

Winter 2007/2008

We are blissfully retired...started our live-aboard adventure in April 2007 - spent the summer in B.C. - sailed down to San Franscisco - spent two months in California - raced to Mexico and spent time cruising in La Paz then finally to Mazatlan where we spent a week at the El Cid Marina and then tucked the boat in for the winter.

QuickStar's journey

Captain Peter Bruckmann and First Mate Diana Young (also often acting as the Admiral) set sail from Vancouver in August 2007 aboard sv Quickstar, a 46-foot Beneteau. Each year we have ventured further across the Pacific, while returning to Silver Star Mountain, in Vernon, B.C., Canada for the ski season (and to reconnect with family and land-based friends). This blog explores the highs, lows and adventures of life at sea and the wonderful countries visited.
Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Updated Friday, September 2, 2011

A doctor examining a woman who had been rushed to the Emergency Room, took
the husband aside, and said, 'I don't like the looks of your wife at all.'
'Me neither doc,' said the husband.
'But she's a great cook and really good with the kids.'

Updated July 29, 2011

As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them."

Michael le Boeuf

Updated Friday, June 10, 2011

I learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Maya Angelou, Poet

Updated Friday, June 3, 2011

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

-- Johann von Goethe

Updated Friday, August 13, 2010

Why sharks swim around you!

Two great white sharks, swimming in the ocean, spied a ship in distress.

"Follow me, son," the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the ship. "First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing."

And they did. "Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing." And they did.

"Now we eat everybody." And they did. When they were both gorged, the son asked, "Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and
around them?"

His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without all that shit inside them!"