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Contact:

David H. Lyman

SeaArcher LLC

34 Washington Street, 221

Camden, ME 04843


Mailing address:

P.O. Box 660

Rockport, ME 04856

DHLyman@mac.com

iPhone: 207.841.4139

Skype address: DHLyman

Skype Phone Number: 617.849.8564

Blog: DHLyman.com

Web Site:

www.DHLyman.com

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About Us   Contact Us    Workshops   Our Boat

Follow The Lyman Voyage To, Through and Back from The Caribbean


  1. •Chapter  1 - The Voyage Begins

  2. •Chapter 2 - Martha’s Vineyard Island

  3. •Chapter 3 - Off-shore: Newport to Bermuda

  4. •David’s Deck Log - Newport to Bermuda

  5. •Report: The 2009 NARC Rally

  6. •Chapter 4 - Off-shore: Bermuda to the BVI

  7. •Chaprter 5 - Living Aboard in the USVI

  8. •Chapter 6 -Sailing Down Islands to Bequia

More chapters are being written . . .


Recently Published Articles:

  1. •Laundry Day on Searcher

  2. •Aschanti IV Wins Classic’s in Antigua

  3. •The Last of the Atlantic Rowers

  4. •Boat Schooling in the Caribbean

  5. •Sailing The Winter Islands


Un-Published Articles


  1. •Honey. .  I Dunked the Dinghy Engine

  2. •The Model Boat Builders of Bequia

  3. •David’s Deck Log - Newport to Bermuda

  4. •Report: The 2009 NARC Rally

  5. •A Head Full of Problems

  6. •Communicating in The Tropics


  8. Articles I’m Working on . . .

  9. •Bequia to Grenada

  10. •The Island of Grenada

  11. •Grenada North to Antigua

  12. •St. Lucia

  13. •Martinique

  14. •Dominica

  15. •Report: The 2010 Classic Yacht Regatta Not available . . yet.

  16. •Oops Department: Getting my car registered

The joy of command. Renaissance (Sancy) Lyman, age 10, at the helm of Searcher, our Bowman 57 ketch, sailing on Penobscot Bay this past summer.

Follow The Lyman Family as they explore the Eastern Caribbean . . .


This website is kinda like a blog, a place where we can share our adventures with you . . . and  where David can share his articles, journal entires, observations on the sailing life and the process of re-inventing himself.  The Lyman Family moved aboard their sailboat Searcher, a 57-foot Bowman ketch, June 1, 2009. They spent the summer in  Rockport Harbor settling into living in confined living spaces, cruising the Maine Coast and preparing the boat (and the family) for the off-shore adventure.  We are back in Maine, resting up from this recent adventure, writing and making sense of what we experienced. The kids are back in school, at least for a year, David is writing and designing projects and starting a new marine publish venture, SeaArcher LLC. Julie is researching options for her next career, now that the kids are off at school. Searcher is on a mooring in Rockport Harbor for the summer, before going up for sale. .  . yes, we are selling Searcher, to allow another family to experience the adventure we just completed. After 14 years of ownership, it is a sad parting, but other  boats will come into our future.


We have sailed more than 4,000 miles this year, exploring our relationship to each other, the boat and the natural world. The kids are were home-schooled while we were living on Searcher,  sailing to and from and through the Eastern Caribbean.  While sailing, we recording the events, challenges and discoveries we made as we went. They are published here  . .  see the table of contents at right.




The Lyman Family (insert) Julie, son Havana, Captain David, Crew members Emily and Rob, and daughter Sancy, with Foxy Calderwood from Jost Van Dyke, BVI.

 

Photographs and text are copyrighted © 2009 by David H. Lyman (DHLyman@mac.com)

News and Notes . . . . .


Lectures, Seminars and Workshops

David is leading a series of Off-Shore Passage-Maker seminars this fall. Thinking of voyaging off shore on your boat, or on the boat of others? This all day seminar will help you prepare for the voyage from Newport (RI) to Bermuda and on to the Caribbean.


The Off-Shore Passage-Maker Seminar

October 23, 2010, Marine Marine Museum, Bath, Maine


The NARC Rally Departure Workshop

October 28, 29 and 30, 2010, Newport Yachts Club, Newport (RI)