Come join the Blind Circumnavigation for a night of laughs and fun at the Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Parkway Fort Myers on Thursday March 25th, 8pm. Tickets are $15 and may purchased at http://www.blindcircumnavigation.org/comedy.php.
This will be a great time to meet Kris and the crew from the Blind Circumnavigation and get involved.
The last few months have been busy for us. We have been working on Blind Victoria to get her into shape to sail. I have been learning the ins and outs of the whole boat.
Several sponsors have joined us and I would like to thank them. ePaint has donated bottom paint. CapeHorn is giving a great discount on windvane self-steering gear. Maratron has given a deep discount on instruments.
Last weekend I attended the Miami boat show and had great success. I made many contacts that will help the Blind Circumnavigation. I found some more potential sponsors and was able to get contacts for others. I feel this was the most successful show I’ve been to. I also helped Seven Seas Cruising Association and Shake-a-leg Miami with their exhibits at the show.
We are currently looking for an electronics engineer to work on adaptive equipment for the circumnavigation. If you know of anyone please contact me. Also contact me if you are interested in sponsoring the Blind Circumnavigation.
A sponsor is needed for a fund-raising comedy night to be held in March if interested please contact Kris Scheppe 920-737-5735
On Friday night Todd arrived. He will be moving aboard Morgana and will be doing work on Blind Victoria. There is much work to be done to get her in shape for the voyage. Hopefully he’ll have her up and going, and looking pretty shortly.
Two days ago was the day I had been long awaiting! We had to delay bringing Blind Victoria up the river because the engine wasn’t pumping water. After fixing the pump I was able to get crew together for August 5th. It was a great uneventful trip up the river. The sailing center marked the channel coming in for us and we fit in the slip fine. I wasn’t sure if we’d be to wide to fit. I knew it would be close, but we had more room than I thought.
Capt. Billy and Mark were my crew and both were a big help. Thanks to mark for all the pictures, and to Capt. Billy for docking the boat.
I’m so glad to finally have her here so I can prepare her for the voyage of a lifetime.
This past weekend I had a great time at Shake-a-leg Miami for the No Barriers Festival. The first two night there I stayed on a Dean 400 catamaran. I met and sailed with Scott Duncan as he demonstrated the use of a talking GPS for navigation. Scott is a legally blind sailor who is currently circumnavigating. He has been working on it for 5 years. It was great to meet him and exchange information.
While there I also met Eric Weihenmayer, the first blind climber to climb Mt. Everest. It was definitely a pleasure meeting him.
I also was able to meet all the folks at Team Paradise. Team Paradise is a paralympic sailing team with many top sailors. I was able to have a great time sailing with them on Saturday and Sunday.
I really enjoyed a long weekend at Shake-a-Leg Miami meeting great people, making new friends, and having a great time on the water.
Last Saturday the Blind Circumnavigation was at the Cape Coral Festival of Light. UWalkTheMall.com let us share their booth. We had a successful night handing out cards and receiving donations to fund the voyage. We met many cool people that are going to follow the events of the Blind Circumnavigation. For those of you who stopped by, thank you and stay tuned to our site for the latest news.
This week has been a pretty good week for us. Earlier this week I received a copy of the Coastal Explorer navigation software from Rosepoint Navigation Systems. This is a great product and has many great features that will help me to navigate including voice output. I would like to welcome our new sponsor and thank them for their support. Please go to http://www.rosepointnav.com to check out Coastal Explorer for yourself. It is one of the best nav software on the market and getting better.
Yesterday I received word that the boat is definitely ours. Most of the formalities have gone forward and Edison Sailing Center is helping to fix the engine and get the boat up to North Fort Myers. We are moving forward and things are falling into place. I’m really excited to get the boat and get out for some sailing, but much work does have to be done first. Thanks goes out to the Edison Sailing Center for finding a boat and letting us use it for the Blind Circumnavigation.
Monday Karen and I went to the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. This show is the largest in the US, and sports manufacturers of boating equipment, yacht designers, and many large yachts on display. We arrived at the show just after the doors opened to see as much as we could in the short seven hours we had on the last day of the show.
The day was a big success for us. We had a great time meeting people and telling them about the Blind Circumnavigation. I was joyed by interest and support that was shown by everyone we met. Many contacts were made for potential sponsors. For those of you whom I met at the show, it was a pleasure meeting and chatting with you and I look forward to working with you as we get closer to the launch of the Blind Circumnavigation.
Hi, welcome to the Blind Circumnavigation blog. Here we will keep you updated to what is going on with the Blind Circumnavigation. The blog will have news, weather reports, events information, and the “Ships Log”.
I would like to introduce you to the team that will be writing in the blog. I am Kris, the founder and sailor of the Blind Circumnavigation. Karen is the team manager and event coordinator. Storm is our meteorologist.
Embark with us on a journey of a lifetime and feel free to register and comment.
Powered by WordPress
