Back at the turn of the century, an obsessive glider pilot met an obsessive classic boat owner and the rest is history. The pilot may have commented to the sailor that the first boat wasn't big enough for a family, and so the 50ft 1947 classic cutter "
Croix des Gardes" arrived. After several years' hard work, and numerous overdrafts, she is ready to cruise the oceans. In December 2012, the family will leave Europe as part of the Panerai Transat Classique from Cascais, Portugal, to race with fellow classics to Barbados. This is our blog.
