Our traveling partners

Here are photos of our crew for the maiden season of Second Wind.

	Our family members Allison and her mother Claire met us in Copenhagen and sailed with us across the southern coast of Sweden. In this photo, they're enjoying a day at Tivoli.

Jack and Sammie sailed with us to Saint Petersburg. Here they are in front of the Winter Palace, which houses the Hermitage Museum.

Our friends Dave and Patti joined us to move the boat from Karlskrona to Gothenburg. We docked just below the city's Opera House. The tall ship behind them is a restaurant and hotel, and locals call the red and white building in the background "The Lipstick."

All Aboard

When your boat is far from friends and family, taking people sailing requires a bit of advance planning and some real-time coordination. Typically, we arrange well in advance for crew to meet us at the time we expect to be somewhere that's easy for all of us to reach.

We often arrange for experienced sailors to visit us when we know we'll have overnight sailing to do. Though it's feasible to sail through the night with only the two of us, it's easier if we have help.

Europe has fine public transportation, and if we can't make it to a city with an airport, our friends can always reach us by train or bus.

Our focus on safety means that our itineraries will always be interesting but never too ambitious, and we leave plenty of time for us to arrive at our meeting-point well before our company gets to town.

A missed plane connection can delay our crew's arrival, just as weather can delay ours. If we get extra time in town, we can just stock the pantry and check out the local tourism possibilities. And, if our guests get there first, they can always use public tranport to find us wherever we are, or stay put until we find the right weather window.