THEYACHTMOONSHINE

JOHN RODRIGUEZ and NICOLA WATKINS We met in July 01, married in May 02 and gave up our television and advertising careers in the UK for the cruising life. From July 02 and July 04 we logged 12,000 miles on our yacht Moonshine, a 36 foot Westerly Corsair. We sailed from the Hamble in the Solent down the West coast of Europe to Gibraltar, then on to Tenerife, and across the Atlantic to Antigua. From there we voyaged north to the USA where we survived hurricane Isabel in the Chesapeake in September 04. After Isabel we headed south again along the Intracoastal Waterway, taking in a side-trip to Cuba. After Christmas sailing across the Bahama Banks we beat into the wind along the thorny path through the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the US Virgins, and British Virgins and on down the eastern Caribbean chain. In Luperon, Dominican Republic we were thrilled to discover Nicola was pregnant. In July 04 we left Moonshine in Grenada returning to the UK for the birth...