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Industry	Maritime
Location	Opua, Northland, New Zealand
Introduction	We are sea gypsies who have lived aboard this old sailboat for over 10 years. We sailed away from Canadian shores in 2011 and eventually made landfall in New Zealand. This is a log of our adventures and observations.
Interests	Rick: sailing, travel, history Kyra: travel, sailing, arts
Favorite movies	Boy, Les Intouchables, The Princess Bride, C.R.A.Z.Y., The Princess and the Warrior, Mostly Martha, Amelie, Broken English, Run Lola Run, and documentaries such as Born into Brothels, Triage and Forks Over Knives
Favorite music	Josh Ritter, Nathaniel Rateliffe and the Night Sweats, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Great Big Sea, O'melhor de Bonga, Neko Case, Lucinda Williams, David Bowie, Lhasa, Tallest Man On Earth, Mumford and Sons, The White Stripes, Annie Lennox, Led Zeppelin, David Gray, Alison Krauss, Bruce Springsteen,(old) U2, Jacques Brel, Human Highway,Janis Joplin, First Aid Kit, and on and on...
Favorite books	Rick: Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins), The Patrick O'Brian series, and various Science Fiction books Kyra: In The Skin of a Lion (Michael Ondaatje), An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarianism in the 21st Century (James Orbinski), Pilgrim Summer (Barbara Kingsolver), Blue Horizons (Beth Leonard), Close to Spiderman (Ivan Coyote), New and Selected Poems Vol. 1 (Mary Oliver)