Linda and Corey Bernabucci are "Living Their Dream" aboard a Selene 43

"Living Your Dream" has been the theme of some of our recent print ads which have featured Selene owners who were living their dream. Recently, we received an e-mail from Linda and Corey Bernabucci about how they've been living their dream. I've added a link to their blog to the sidebar and reprinted their e-mail to us below:

Cheryl,

We own Live Wire II - a 43' Solo hull #8 - and have been 'living our dream' of cruising full-time since Fall of 2004. Not once have we regretted the decision to do so on our Solo 43. Our travels have taken us from Maine south to Florida and into the Bahamas Islands. We've also explored the east and west coast of Florida, including the Keys and the Dry Tortugas. All this has been done in the comfortable surroundings of our 43' trawler!

But, our dream doesn't stop with the Bahamas. We, eventually, plan to head south for hurricane season instead of north and cruise the Caribbean Islands, Central America and Mexico. Crossing the Panama Canal and heading up the West Coast is not out of the realm of possibilities for our little ship.

We don't know if any of your readers would be interested in following our travels, but they are welcome to check out our weblog www.mvlivewire.blogspot.com, which we just developed.

If there is anything that we can do to help you promote the Selene Ocean Trawlers, please let us know.

Take care,
Linda & Corey Bernabucci

Cruising to Alaska and the Queen Charlotte Islands with Selene owners Pat and Alex Benson ("Wild Blue")

"Seagate" at Canadian Customs, Bedwell Harbor, Pender Cove, with Poet's Cove Resort in the background (photo is from a post on the Benson and Squire blog)

Selene owner Alex Benson ("Wild Blue")wrote to tell us about the daily blog (with photos) he's been participating in this summer. Here's what he had to say:

We've been cruising to Alaska and the Queen Charlotte Islands this summer. Our three month cruise included Misty Fiords, Glacier Bay, Keku Strait, and El Capitan Passage. We've posted our daily Blog with photos at www.baywoodinn.com/blog for anyone that's interested.

Alex Benson
Wild Blue

I've also added a link to their blog to the sidebar of this blog.

From left to right: Crew members Willie and Walter Benedetti and Selene owners Pat and Alex Benson (photo is from a post on the Benson and Squire blog)

A message from Mark Tilden: Send him stories and photos about your cruising adventures

He's not promising to award any prizes, but Mark Tilden ("Koinonia"), who maintains a Selene owners website, would love to have you submit stories and photos about your Summer 2008 cruising adventures. Here's a message we received from him recently:

Ladies & Gents:

Many of you have been out cruising this summer. You've had a great time, learned some things about your boat, the area, or other things that many other Selene'rs would benefit from. SO....if you've got a cruising story (hopefully with a few photos) or something you've learned along the way, please submit it to the owner's site for our news section. I wish I could say there would be fabulous prizes for the best story....but alas, you'll have to settle for the thanks of your fellow cruisers (unless somebody out there wants to donate a fabulous prize we can give away for the best story!).

So...sit down and write a bit and send it in! Please send text and photos to: admin@seleneowners.org

Thanks!!
Mark