Started sailing before birth - thanks, Mom & Dad! - on Lake Macatawa and Lake Michigan. Raced in Chicago on 19' sloops, then 28' Bristol, then J-33. Moved to Alexandria, VA and discovered year 'round sailing in Annapolis. Also met my soul mate and skipper, Tony. Left the U.S. in 1996 to sail and race on his Hunter Legend 35 in the Caribbean. It was great but too small for us AND the 2 large felines. Bought Cayenne III in 1998 and cruised the Caribbean to Trinidad and Venezuela. In 2002-3, we sailed to Maine and back to Key West, then to Guatemala. Returned to St. Croix in 2004. We also race on smaller boats and sometimes in our "house."