Occupation	Commercial Insurance & Boat Maintenance
Location	Mexico
Introduction	We cruised Mexico's West Coast for 3 years on our prior boat, "Thistle" a Columbia 50. Went back to California in 2000 and bought the "new boat" in 2004. We then spent a year and a half cruising in Mexico. We just did the "Baja Bash" ~ sailed up the outside of Baja and returned to SoCal! We are We are now back to work for awhile... A thought we say to ourselves everyday: "You'll only regret the things you didn't do".
Interests	Sailing, Catamarans, Ocean 49, Boats, Multi-hulls, Sailboats, Southern California Channel Islands, Cruising, Mexico, Baja, Road Trips down Baja, Photography, Fishing, Wine Tasting, Reading, Traveling, Living Aboard, Boating, Geocaching
Favorite movies	Pay it Forward, The Bucket List
Favorite music	Jimmy Buffett, Govi, Enya, Mana, Hevia, Ziroq, Peruvian Pan Pipes, Jethro Tull, Bagpipes, Sarah Maclachlan
Favorite books	The Charm School, The Gold Coast, Up Country, Plum Island, anything by Jeffrey Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Stuart Woods, Carl Hiaasen

Which do you prefer and why: whittling with soap or whistling with wood?

Soap - everything on a boat should have more than one use. After you whittle you can wash.