DREAMING OF MORE
I recently received the current issue of Cruising World and read the article about the Greek Island of Santorini (“Alone in Santorini,” August/ September 2020). I have been following Dream Time’s adventures for several years. My daughter gave me a subscription to Cruising World when she found out that Neville and Catherine Hockley, the crew of Dream Time, would get articles published in your magazine from time to time. I am an old sailor, having been in the US Navy, and the ship I was on was some 400 feet in length. To sail this globe in a 38-foot sailboat is just an awesome thing to me. Two people, alone, on what I determine to be the big water is an unfathomable thing to do. The places they have been to, and the people and things that they have seen are a treasure that is to be envied. Following them online is one thing, but getting to read a complete article with pictures, done so well, is another. I don’t know if they will get to have any more articles in Cruising World, but I just wanted to give a shout-out for more if possible. Richard Sheehan
Via email (Editor’s Note: Neville and Catherine Hockley appear twice in this issue: “Clean Across the Atlantic,” page 10, and “A Balearic Blow,” page 55.)
America’s Safety for Cruising Couples Course. Fifteen couples had signed up, so the club co-chairs and course organizer decided to pivot to Zoom meetings as a way to present the course, as well as to continue interaction with members during the lengthening pandemic shutdown. Ultimately, the sharing of information with the CCA Safety for Cruising Couples book as our guide in the Zoom presentations with group discussion format was engaging and enlightening, and participants felt more energized and prepared to dig in to safety plans and preparations. Additional in-person courses are also planned, such as MOB drills. The course material was not only effective online, but it was also a productive and engaging way to stay connected with other sailors and friends, while maintaining extreme social distancing.
Ron Trossbach,
CCA point of contact, Safety for Cruising Couples Program