Sunday, September 23, 2012

Valiam - Linda and Bill Anderson circle globe in homemade plywood sloop

Linda and Bill Anderson have covered a lot of territory - and water - in the past three years.  Thirty countries and thirty three thousand miles.  Aussies from the Suncoast, Queensland, they gave up the W word and  headed off in Valiam, their plywood, homemade sloop.  I met them in New York where they did a slideshow and talk at Le Cheile, our local Irish pub.  They're headed home (by plane.  Next will be the Med and northern Europe.  And some day these warm weather sailors are going to try Patagonia - the Magellan Strait and Cape Horn.  Follow their journeys HEREout of the shed - Peachester