& remembering Windjammer Barefoot Cruises
Caledonia, sailing for Canadian Sailing Expeditions is a beautiful ship, that is sailing waters I want to be on. The company has a philosophy of eco-tourism exploration that appeals to me. This is my new favorite home! I will continue building this site, and revitalize the WJBC section. We sail next on Caledonia on a 10 day trip to Newfoundland and Labrador in August.
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Windjammer Barefoot Cruises is no more. I run across many people who are not aware of this. The end of WJBC was ugly, to be polite. Folks were left on the dock, and hundreds of people lost lots of money on pre-paid trips and the LaMer. Many folks have bitter memories of the end, and this is understandable. But many of us also have nice memories of the times before that last year. I, for one, chose to remember the good times, and compartmentalize and seal the bad times. As it so happens, Karen and I sailed what I think was the last full week of Windjammer, sailing Mandalay out of Panama to the Kuna Yala with Captain Casey. This was the first week of September, 2007. As we disembarked at the end of the week at the dock at Colon 2000, the Captain and Crew lined up on the dock and shook the hand of each passenger as they left, with Amazing Grace playing full blast in the background. They knew the end had come, and were classy to the end.