We are about to embark on a once in a lifetime opportunity.
We plan to retire early, buy a boat, and sail away.
Escape
to where you want
to be.
to where you want
to be.
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Follow the global adventures Charles and Jacquie as they attempt to bring their dream to life. Living and traveling aboard their sailboat which will soon be christened LIONS PRIDE, in this exciting new Blog / Pod Cast series!
We want you to stow away with us.
We want you to stow away with us.
Charles is 47 and Jacquie 45,
Charles had his own drywall business back in the mid 80's and Jacquie was a chef working locally, they both met and fell in love with each other on the Oregon coast in Aug of 87. Less than a year later they both left the Oregon coast and traveled to Stockton California, where they both started a yacht detailing business working and living from their 36’ Carver in village west marina.
Less than two years later they dissolved the business, and moved to Idaho falls Idaho, where Charles started up his drywall business again and Jacquie went back to the culinary arts working at Runway 21 at the local airport.
What brought them to Idaho was Jacquie’s strong will to save Charles’s life and their relationship.
The yacht detailing business was very successful, the income was better than both of their previous careers.
They were actually turning customers away because they couldn’t keep up with the contracts.
This type of atmosphere: boats, yachts, water, marina’s promotes parties and were there’s parties there’s bound to be drinking and drugs, this is what Charles fell victim too.
Therefore, they packed up their belongings in a van and made their new living, and lived in eastern Idaho. They became proud parent’s of a daughter whom they named Joleen and for several years lived among the suburban community.
Then a great opportunity came for Jacquie to open a restaurant in Boise Idaho. They both leaped at the opportunity. One year later they were out of the restaurant business, the hours took their toll on both with trying to raise their daughter and manage a restaurant. Charles with his little bit of knowledge in computer hardware that he gathered while pursuing his hobby as a ham radio operator went to work for a local petroleum service company, and Jacquie became a stay at home mom.
Working on and off for the next 12 years, now that Joleen is 17 and is looking forward to going to college next year, Jacquie and Charles are looking to their future on a sailboat and writing about their day to day experiences.
So that those who have the same dream can perhaps pick up a few tips here and there.
We expect to make mistakes along the way in our pursuit, but we also know that if we research it long enough the learning curve will not be as sharp.
Obviously, our living space will change dramatically, we recall what it was like living on a 36 foot Carver in a marina. Space was limited and this is something we will both have to contend with. I believe it will be very challenging for Jacquie, she has accumulated a lot of things over the years.
Charles had his own drywall business back in the mid 80's and Jacquie was a chef working locally, they both met and fell in love with each other on the Oregon coast in Aug of 87. Less than a year later they both left the Oregon coast and traveled to Stockton California, where they both started a yacht detailing business working and living from their 36’ Carver in village west marina.
Less than two years later they dissolved the business, and moved to Idaho falls Idaho, where Charles started up his drywall business again and Jacquie went back to the culinary arts working at Runway 21 at the local airport.
What brought them to Idaho was Jacquie’s strong will to save Charles’s life and their relationship.
The yacht detailing business was very successful, the income was better than both of their previous careers.
They were actually turning customers away because they couldn’t keep up with the contracts.
This type of atmosphere: boats, yachts, water, marina’s promotes parties and were there’s parties there’s bound to be drinking and drugs, this is what Charles fell victim too.
Therefore, they packed up their belongings in a van and made their new living, and lived in eastern Idaho. They became proud parent’s of a daughter whom they named Joleen and for several years lived among the suburban community.
Then a great opportunity came for Jacquie to open a restaurant in Boise Idaho. They both leaped at the opportunity. One year later they were out of the restaurant business, the hours took their toll on both with trying to raise their daughter and manage a restaurant. Charles with his little bit of knowledge in computer hardware that he gathered while pursuing his hobby as a ham radio operator went to work for a local petroleum service company, and Jacquie became a stay at home mom.
Working on and off for the next 12 years, now that Joleen is 17 and is looking forward to going to college next year, Jacquie and Charles are looking to their future on a sailboat and writing about their day to day experiences.
So that those who have the same dream can perhaps pick up a few tips here and there.
We expect to make mistakes along the way in our pursuit, but we also know that if we research it long enough the learning curve will not be as sharp.
Obviously, our living space will change dramatically, we recall what it was like living on a 36 foot Carver in a marina. Space was limited and this is something we will both have to contend with. I believe it will be very challenging for Jacquie, she has accumulated a lot of things over the years.
No
Regrets!
Regrets!
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