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Welcome!
Liza
Copeland is
the author of four BOOKS
(all Canadian bestsellers) and a DVD
that show how to make cruising a success. She gives SEMINARS
on cruising at major boat shows and to a variety of other
organizations on boating and travel, and writes for many magazines.
Andy Copeland is a retired Royal Navy Fighter
pilot and retired Yacht Broker who now spends much of his
time cruising to exotic destinations around the world with
Liza and contributing to her writing. He also advises cruisers on boat characteristics, equipment and buying their perfect boat. Email Andy at Romany@telus.net. |
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Comfortable Cruising, around
North and Central America.
Entertaining
and practical narrative on voyaging from Vancouver, BC to
Nova Scotia through the Panama Canal visiting eleven countries
en route. Includes an extensive resource list for all boaters
and travellers and upgrades made to the boat.
* Just Cruising &
Still Cruising are
inspirational, realistic and informative accounts of the
Copeland family's six-year voyage around the world to 82
countries in
their Beneteau, Bagheera.
Just
cruising
explores Europe, the Caribbean, Galapagos, and the South
Pacific to Australia.
Still
Cruising continues from Australia, across the Indian
Ocean, around the Cape of Good
Hope
and back to the US.
* Cruising for Cowards
SECOND EDITION
co-authored
with Andy is a candid how-to
text that covers all aspects of cruising from buying
the boat to equipment that works; preparations before leaving
and planning the budget; route planning, safety and tips
for adjusting to different cultures ashore and the new life
afloat. Harold Allanson's cartoons
never fail to keep the cruising lifestyle in perspective!
* Just Cruising
the DVD
tells of the family's adventures around the world.
Originally
made as a CTV documentary and a finalist in the Canpro awards
it was then extended with a practical how-to cruise component. |
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Mediterranean Cruising News and Tips
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Liza
and Andy, both lifelong sailors, met racing in a World
Championship in Venezuela, were married aboard the classic
yacht Ticonderoga in Martinique, honeymooned
on an Atlantic crossing and have since sailed over 160,000
miles together racing, cruising, running charter boats,
completing ocean deliveries and circumnavigating the
globe with their young children. After being home in
Vancouver, BC for the children's teenage years they
completed a sabbatical sailing around North and Central
America, then crossed the Atlantic in 2001 for a nephew's
wedding in Spain. During the next four summers they
cruised Bagheera across the Mediterranean
to the Black Sea and took part in the East Mediterranean
Yacht Rally to the Middle East. Duncan, their eldest
son, brought Bagheera back across the Med.,
joined by brother Colin, then Andy and Liza headed down
the Moroccan coast to the Canary Islands, Cape Verdes,
and further forays in West Africa. With Duncan's help,
Bagheera crossed into the South Atlantic again
to Jacare, Brazil. Gunkholing along Brazil's north coast
was followed by relaxed winter seasons in the Caribbbean
in 2006-7. Bagheera is now cruising the Pacific Northwest having cruised over 116,000 miles to 114 countries.
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| Romany
Publishing
Romany@telus.net
Tel
1(604)228-8712 Fax 1(604)228-8779
3943
W. Broadway, Vancouver, BC. V6R 2C2 Canada |
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