March 2012 - Fairwind Yacht Club

From there, they will sail north through Indonesia and the Philippines, and on to Vietnam and Cambodia, before
heading down to South Africa. They will stop to visit their uncle in Cape Town before crossing the Atlantic
Ocean to Brazil. Their circumnavigation will be complete when they head north back to Spain.
This adventure will take them about two years, and, if all goes according to plan, they would like to take a
third year and sail up to Scandinavia and Iceland, possibly ending up in Florida or the Caribbean.
Steve Dashew, the designer of their boat, is a well-known circumnavigator, yacht designer and author.
Together with his wife, Linda, Steve has cruised more than 250,000 miles over the last 40 years and has
authored books like “Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia” and “Surviving the Storm: Coastal & Offshore Tactics”.
Over the last 25 years, over fifty of their yachts have been launched, two of which remain in Marina Del Rey
today. One is called Deerfoot II and is
owned by Steve’s father, Stanley, a spirited
97 year old who sails his 72-foot boat most
weekends. The other is “Beowulf” a 78foot
ketch with an aluminum hull.
The Sundeer series of boats were
designed with circumnavigations in mind
and for ease of handling. They can
normally be handled by two people. They
are also built with three watertight
compartments (forepeak, saloon and
engine room) and have heavy duty hull
framing and structural support.
Jason thanks fellow Fairwind member
Bruce Byal, who has been following this
boat on the Internet for the last five years
and recommended it to Jason as being
ideal for this trip. Bruce will be one of his The 1994 Sundeer 56
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