IN THE BEGINNING

INTRODUCTION

This website is designed for you to follow our adventure sailing the GaYa. I will take you through steps towards certain decisions and certain preparations before leaving. Enjoy our blog.

ABOUT US

Our names are Steve and Lise Denison. We have been married since 2002.

Steve has sailed long distance off shore racing back in the 80's and early 90's. Lise was doing recreational sailing when she met Steve in 1998. Before they met, Steve had a 35 ft Hughes named "The Boat" where he docked her at Hamilton Harbour and Lise had a 23 ft Grampion named "Woman for Sail" which was docked at Port Dalhousie. Steve sold "The Boat"  and we sailed on the Grampion until we sold it and we both bought another 35 ft Hughes which we named Vela. We sailed Vela for 3 years at Fifty Point. We sold her in 2012 and bought a 41 ft Dufour GibSea. Her name was GaYa.  

We decided to keep the name GaYa. The previous owners wife's name was Gabriella and his name was Yanich.. They combined their names and came up with GaYa which also means "Spirit of the Earth" but spelled Gaia.  They had to move back to Poland.

BOAT SPEC

So far we have equipped the boat with a radar, GPS, VHF, TV antenna, Wifi booster and AIS.
John, from Electro Maxc in Beamsville installed a 160 amp alternator, pulleys and serpentine belts160 amp alternator and Peter, the electrician from Shorewest, hooked it up with the duo charger. The boat is equipped with a newly installed water maker.

We have a 9' ft 6" Highfield dinghy with a 15 HP Yamaha motor which we purchased 2014.

June 2016 - We installed 2 flexible solar panels 100 watts each.

 

Our plan is to take GaYa from Fifty Point and sailed to the Carribean's August 2016. Come join us in our adventure.