Aboard a 1979 Cheoy Lee, 41′ sailboat, Marissa and Chris are exploring the US West Coast with dreams of going beyond.
“Hey! We are Captain Marissa and Chris, the crew of our 1979 Cheoy Lee 41’ Avocet. We have been living aboard since 2018 doing numerous projects up until we cast off in the fall of 2022 to head south to Mexico 🇲🇽 We have been LOVING the tropics and all the adventures along the way. Check out our YouTube channel and blog for more! 😉 Thanks for holding the camera @kenna_shine“
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“It’s funny to look back at all these photos of myself smiling because at the time I had no idea how drastically our plans were about to change 😅 We were spending our last day at Isla Isabel, preparing to cross the Sea of Cortez and rendezvous with our friends aboard @kessel_underway – but when the time came, disaster struck. I’ll share more on that in the next post, but let this be a reminder of how important it is to enjoy all the little things…”
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Watching the typical “June gloom” roll in and try and ruin our day of warm sunshine ☀️ a week or so ago we found ourselves anchored at Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island….”
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And Chris just celebrated his 25th birthday.