By Catamaran, How Else?
The Multihulls World community is well acquainted with the crew of the Saona 47 Ile de Rey, as we’ve been following Catherine and Stéphane for the past four years. The French couple has now logged well over 20,000 nautical miles aboard their catamaran, and we’ve featured their latest adventures along the US East Coast in our Postcards column. Here’s the full story of their stopover of a lifetime: New York!
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With our B2 visas obtained, we were heading up the East Coast of the USA after three months of wonder in the paradise islands of the Bahamas.Saint Augustine, Savannah, Charleston, Beaufort - names that evoke Victorian or colonial architecture. Everything is green, peaceful, and calm: Scarlett and Gone with the Wind seem close at hand, bathed in the sun and warmth of the spring. Anchorages are easy, and there are few long-term cruisers. We could almost settle down here, savoring the languid tranquility of the Southern states. The locals are wide-eyed at the audacity of these French people who h…