We have been living on Coronado and cruising full-time since May of 2022. Our dream of voyaging was born in 2015. We spent seven years planning, saving, and training before we set sail! Here is an overview of our big milestones.
2026
Quick Trip through the Bahamas and a passage to Panama
San Blas Islands, PanamaMarch: Panama Canal transit
April: Pacific Ocean crossing to the Marquesas
2025
Exumas & The Ragged Islands, Bahamas
June/July: Visited family and friends.
East Coast: Baltimore, Annapolis, Florida and then crossed to the Bahamas en route to Panama2024
Spring: Puerto Rico and The Bahamas
June: Visited family and friends in the Western US
Summer: Cruised the East Coast of the US
In 2024, we have sailed to the following countries:
U.S. Virgin Islands 🇻🇮 – British Virgin Islands 🇻🇬 – Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 – The Bahamas 🇧🇸 – United States 🇺🇸
2023
Winter/Spring: Cruised the Windward Islands of the Caribbean
Summer: Visited family and friends in the Western USNov: We sailed offshore alone as couple from Norfolk, Virginia to St. Martin
Winter: Cruised the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean
In 2023 we sailed to 11 different countries/individual islands/territories, including coming home to the U.S. for the first time.
Martinique 🇫🇷 🇲🇶 – Dominica 🇩🇲 – Guadalupe 🇫🇷 – Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬 – Turks and Caicos 🇹🇨 – Inagua, Bahamas 🇧🇸 – United States 🇺🇸 – St. Martin 🇫🇷 – St. Barths 🇫🇷 – St. Kitts & Nevis 🇰🇳 – Saba 🇳🇱
2022: The Adventure Begins!
January: Shipped everything to France
April: Picked up Coronado in La Rochelle, France
Summer: Cruised the Med
Nov: Crossed the Atlantic Ocean
SV Coronado sailed to 16 different countries/individual islands/territories.
France 🇫🇷 – Spain 🇪🇸 – Portugal 🇵🇹 – Gibraltar 🇬🇮 – Balearic Islands: Ibiza 🇪🇸 – Sardinia 🇮🇹 – Sicily 🇮🇹 – Croatia 🇭🇷 – Italy 🇮🇹 – Canary Islands: Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 🇮🇨 – St. Lucia 🇱🇨 – St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Bequia, Tobago Cays, Union Island 🇻🇨 – Carriacou 🇬🇩 – Grenada 🇬🇩
2021
Feb: Move to Fort Lauderdale
May: Bought SV Coronado
2020
John – USCG Captains License
2019
May: Advanced Maritime First Aid/CPR
August: PADI Scuba Diving Rescue Diver Certifications
October: Sea of Cortez Charter
2018
January: Safety at Sea Seminar
July: PADI Scuba Diving Advanced Open Water Certifications
October: Baha Ha Ha Cruisers Rally
2017
May: ASA 105/106 & 114 Certifications
August: PADI Scuba Diving Open Water Certifications
December: St Vincent & the Grenadines Charter
2016
April: ASA 103/104 Certification
July: Catalina Charter
Sailing Coronado 
We( Kelly and Jerry) are so happy for the both of you. Follow your dreams, show it and share it. We love you both and hope to cross paths when the wind blows you back across the Pond..
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