Hello crew! Some very exciting updates for you all here from our previous three Gift of Cruising winners. Winner #1 has bought a boat! And you’ll get to the see the make and model and learn why they chose the boat they did. Winner #2 is getting ready for another round of ASA training. Winner #3 is preparing to set sail on an offshore Andy Schell voyage. WHOA. And Winner #4 could be YOU on an offshore passage of your own on s/v Libra. I hope you find these stories as inspiring and uplifting as we do. It’s amazing to see real people, just like you and just like us really going for it. Join the cause! Get inspired and get on board by becoming a Patron and helping us create cruisers out of you at www.patreon.com/havewindwilltravel. Thanks to all my Patrons who have made these gifts and stories possible.
The current of the Gulf Stream is no joke, particularly when it is pushing you into head winds. Watch as we reef up and cross a pretty kicked up sea state across the Gulf Stream, sing to our first Cuban sunrise, deal with an issue with the furling gear on our headsail, navigate the entry to Marina Hemingway and make landfall in Cuba. HaveWindWillTravel is traveling this year! There’s a great Patreon update for you as well in here as we will soon be getting a video update from each of our previous Gift of Cruising winners and get ready to give our 4th gift away — a 100% free offshore voyage on SailLibra at the $500 reward level. WHOA. Become a Patron to be eligible to win and help us create cruisers out of each and every one of you! Hope you all are enjoying the journey to Cuba. We can’t wait to share that beautiful, culture-rich country with you.
Very exciting video for you here guys. Our 4th Gift of Cruising will be a five-day offshore adventure sail from Pensacola to Miami with us on s/v Libra to attend the Strictly Sail Miami Boat Show, boat show tickets included. Super cool, right? We will depart out of Pensacola February 10th and sail to the show. I will be speaking at the show (so you can come heckle me!) and Libra will be IN the boat show so you can come walk the docks, tour her and meet Phillip and I while you are there. We will give this gift away at the $500 Patron reward level — help us make this happen by becoming a Patron and emailing me to let me know you are available during the passage dates and you want to go on an offshore voyage. In addition, if you would simply like to go ahead and book this passage to make the trip with us, feel free at SailLibra.com! We would be excited to have you! Thank Captain Ryan with SailLibra for this generous donation as well as my many Patrons who make these Gifts of Cruising possible. Get inspired. Get on board.
Also, because it is the season of giving, I put together another full-length video for you all on the channel in our Boat Tours section. It’s my first motor vessel tour! I didn’t even know Gulfstar made motor yachts, but this one was certainly impressive. Twin Perkins diesels, a generator, water-maker, 500 gallons of fuel, 250 gallons of water and insane amounts of storage. Thank Phil for the tour of his 1979 Gulfstar 44, m/v After Five. I blame all Video Annie comments in the outtakes on the wine he kept feeding me while I was working! Enjoy the tour!
Who wants to go offshore? If you said yes, then get on board with our 3rd Gift of Cruising — an incredible offshore voyage giveaway with Andy Schell and Mia Karlsson at 59-North.com. Here’s the deal. Since this is SUCH a big gift, Phillip and I need your help. First, watch the video (particularly Andy’s contribution explaining the sometimes uncomfortable, frightening but enlightening experience that an offshore voyage can provide), check out his FAQs, become a Patron then EMAIL me and tell me you want to be eligible to win this prize.
Also, because this is such a tremendous gift, Phillip and I need your help to fund the entire giveaway. Andy has graciously agreed to discount one of his totally-worth-it $2,500 voyages $500. We will match him by donating another $500 and I will give that away (a $1,000 voucher toward an offshore voyage with Andy Schell) regardless of whether we meet our Patreon goal. BUT … I would love to give the entire voyage away. Andy and I have done our part. It’s time for you all to come to the table, donate just a little to get Phillip and I at our Patreon goal of $500, so we can give away the entire voyage to one lucky Patron. Let’s do this!
Please send a big thanks to Andy Schell for partnering with me on this by checking out his incredibly candid and educational sailing podcasts, photos, blogs and videos at 59-North.com.
Our 3rd Gift of Cruising giveaway (of either the $1,000 discount or ** let’s hope ** the entire voyage) will occur Nov. 4th at the latest because I’ve already got my 4th Gift lined up. There will be no lolly-gagging here! Phillip and I love doing this and we have a passion to help more people realize a more rewarding life on the water.
We’re giving it away! Our second Gift of Cruising, a 6-day bareboat charter course through Lanier Sailing Academy in Pensacola, Florida goes to lucky Patron Hallie Heuser (pronounced “High-zer” she let me know) and her awesome boyfriend Joe.
We’ve got a fun message from Hallie & Joe that they sent to us for when they come this October from Madison, WI down to Pensacola, FL for the Lanier course and a day-sail on the one and only s/v Plaintiff’s Rest (yowza!) as well as a fun video Hallie made for Joe from when they got their boat (a Hobie 16), fixed it up and took it out for their first sail. Enjoy!
Thanks to my many Patrons for making this possible and who are currently helping me select my next Gift of Cruising so, like Joe said, Phillip and I can share our excitement for sailing and inspire more people to get out there and do it, too. Get inspired and get on board on Patreon.
There she is: “Get Inspired. Get on Board!” Please let me know what you think and, if you can, please help support our cause! We hope this will help us reach and help more people out there like you who have the dream to cruise. Thanks to all who have followed and supported so far. It means a great deal to Phillip and me.
Curious about cruising? Come aboard. At HaveWindWillTravel.com, we’re creating cruisers, one dreamer at a time by sharing our story through books, blogs and videos, touring boats and giving away “Gifts of Cruising” (currently a 6-day bareboat charter course) to help people just like you who have the dream to cruise. Life’s too short. Don’t miss the boat! Get inspired and get on board on Patreon.
Gift of Cruising Campaign #2 … LAUNCHED! I’m giving away a 6-day live-aboard Coastal Cruising and Bareboat Charter course through Lanier Sailing Academy in Pensacola, FL this October which will (of course!) include a tour of our Niagara 35 post-shipyard and a day sail with Phillip and I aboard s/v Plaintiff’s Rest. If you were ever waiting for a reason, this is it. Become a Patron for a chance to win this awesome prize. Giveaway date is 8.12.16!
This is it! Our first Give the Gift of Cruising Giveaway and I’m so excited I could almost fart! Almost … Congratulations to Lance and Shelly Hopson, winners of our first Gift of Cruising: Pam Wall Cruising Consultant’s “Find Your Boat” Package! I have unleashed Pam on Lance and Shelly and will be providing an update soon on their boat-shopping journey! And a big thanks to Lance and Shelly for being such good sports about their video contribution. (You’re going to die laughing!) Enjoy!
I am super pumped now about giving my next gift. Get inspired, get on board and let me know in the comments below what you think it should be!
I’ll pick a new gift soon and put it up on the website so you all can watch the new countdown. THANK YOU to all who supported this awesome cause. Plenty more gifts to come!
