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Dear Readers,
I’d love to hear from you! I’ll respond to as many of your messages as possible! Your entry will be reviewed and posted to the site — with my response if appropriate — usually within 24 hours. To contact me privately, please go to the contact form; and please consider our free Financial Nationwide Consultation Program, if you want me to help you find a qualified financial advisor.
– Keith
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Keep Going Keith!!!!
I’ve posted before…I’m the guy who took his 14 year old son to every ballpark. We got dozens of email every day. Our trip was harder than most people knew. But, the emails that simply said, “Keep going” were the most helpful. I know what you are going through…. Up times and slow times……But never a down time. Keep going. You gotta finish this!!!! The knowledge and understanding that you are getting is immeasurable!!! You gotta finish!!! Keep going Keith!
God Speed
Tom Corcoran
Glendale, AZ
TOM, Thanks for the kind words of encouragement!
–Keith
Thanks, Ben. Even if you are five years out, I would suggest you contact Nordhavn now to begin your learning curve. Some models can take 2+ years to build. Meanwhile, thanks for sharing your website.
–Keith
Hello Keith,
Our Family loves to travel, especially to Mexico. Can’t do it as often as we would like. Your show is like a mini vacation for us. Thanks! You are very interesting to listen to.
Dave Wetzel
Queen Creek, Az
THANKS, DAVE.
Keith
Gosh No! I’m not that smart. Some very smart people with Gordon C. James Public Relations in phoenix put the current version of the site together, and continue to maintain it.
–Keith
Hi Keith,
Have been enjoying your site since I got the link from your recent recruit engineer Brian Wallace. I served with Brian in the Royal Navy F.A.A and as a dinghy sailing partner in Falmouth Cornwall also a very good friend.
Glad he is finally taking note of the technology! was shocked to hear he has an ipod! - bet he still has no laptop though!
Your also a man after my own heart, what a lovely adventure your on, and I am glad I can share some of the things your seeing out there over the internet via pictures & video.
Thanks for reading this, I am backstage at a conference in the Imagination Gallery in london for BCSC shaping retail property, not my interest I am just the freelance sound/video & powerpoint display technician - but they have wireless so I can spend my time looking at your pics & seeing Brian pop up all over your site! - Can you persuade him to start his own blog? I know he has lots to say especially if he is travelling to places he has not been before!
I look forward to your next port of call
Kind regards,
Ovin Palmer
Hello Keith,
I hope all is well. I had listen to you fairly regularly when I would do my morning walks. I stopped walking for a while then a friend from church who knows I sail had updated me on your new adventure. So I am back listening. Thank you for your service..
I am the current Commodore of the Arizona Yacht Club. AYC has been Arizona’s lngest established saailing club, since 1958. See our history and details on www.arizonayachtclub.org .
I have several purpose in writing to you:
> Introduce you to your Arizona Yacht Club
> Invite you to come speak at one of our meetings
> Advertise your services/Adventure in our monthly subscription, the Compass Points.
All of the above have the intention of continuous awareness of AYC and offer our members quality events.
Therefore if and when you return to Arizona and would like to offer your time to speak to our members please let me know. The topics could be photos and stories of your sailing or something else you would like to do.
Advertising in Compass Points can be done through me as well.
I appreciate your time to read this email. Happy sailing..
Arno Marcuse
Commodore
Arizona Yacht Club
ARNO,
Thanks for following our adventure. I’ll contact you when I’m back in town, but it will likely be several months.
–Keith
Hi Keith,
I received my awesome Global Adventure Cup yesterday from being the winner of your “Where am I” contest a few weekends ago. It is a very nice mug and it is the first thing that I have ever won in my life! My husband and I listen to your show every Sunday without fail and enjoy all parts - financial and global adventuring - on your radio show. Thank you again and we hope that the wind always stays at your back!
Best Regards and Happy Voyaging.
Judy
JUDY,
Congratulations!! remember, folks, you may also purchase one (or twelve dozen) of our very cool mugs at our “Ship’s Store” here on the website!
Keith
To My “Twin”, David:
Glad to learn you are enjoying the podcasts. That’s why we post ‘em! You are obviously a brilliant man since you agree with me.
Regarding our electronics package, I don’t know where to begin: Two redundant Furuno Nav packages, with three redundant Furuno screens in the pilot house; along with an entire slave unit on the fly bridge. Global Navware and charts KVH Fleet77 Sat-Com unit, Iridium phone, two Furono RD 30 Wind/direction/water temp meters, SSB, Furuno FA-150 Universal AIS system, two GP-27 Furuno GPS systems, and a ton of broadcasting equipment built into the pilot house.
Add to this 12 onboard cameras including night infrared, a mixer to show all camera shots on a rotating basis on one of the pilot house screens, etc., etc.
Frankly, we have not begun to use all the electronic capabilities aboard; but one day at a time we’re learning. For example, we’re still struggling with getting our videos up to the website in a properly condensed format.
But we’ve just about cracked that code. Tomorrow it will be something else. For example, I have video conferencing capability via Yahoo Instant Messager between my laptop on the ship (wireless), and my home. So far my wife and I have mastered the video portion, but the sound remains a mystery. Still, it’s great to see my family every day.
We aren’t going to New Zealand or Australia this go around simply in the interest of time. We want to hit Asia hard, then the sub-continent, and then get into not only the Med, but also through the Bosphorus into the Black Sea where there is tremendous economic growth.
Next time around we’ll take a more southerly route and enjoy the usual stops along French Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
–Keith
We agree. We are setting up a GPS driven map within the next week or so!
–Keith