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What an amazing experience – 300 miles on a bike from New York to Raleigh

Posted on October 22, 2018 by marcuseich

I would like to thank everyone for their support, especially the generous donations and the overwhelming reception at the Raleigh office. This trip was an amazing experience and I’m so glad that I could take part. I did a little … Continue reading →

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Finally, we doing progress

Posted on October 17, 2018 by marcuseich

So we have waited for a long time and the time has come that the hull is not drying any further. That means we are ready to laminate. The peeler came back and started to laminate for 3 days now. … Continue reading →

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Options, options, options….

Posted on October 11, 2018 by marcuseich

People have been asking what we will be doing for the winter. That’s a good question…. We do have interesting options: 1. (M+J-L) Marcus and Jolanda could stay at a good friends place in Union City, but they don’t allow … Continue reading →

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Fundraising for the first time

Posted on September 18, 2018 by marcuseich

Some shameless self-promotion: I’m extremely grateful to be able to join the CS team for an incredible bike ride leaving the CS New York office on October 12th and arriving at the CS Raleigh campus on Oct 15th. With stop … Continue reading →

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New Challenges

Posted on September 5, 2018 by marcuseich

After coming to terms that we will not move into our boat until April next year, we decided to stay on the temporary boat as long as we can. Despite getting wet while raining and not having a functioning bathroom, … Continue reading →

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so near and yet so far…..

Posted on August 1, 2018 by marcuseich

You know the feeling somebody talks about their boyfriend but he might not exist as no one has seem him yet? This is a bit the feeling we have with our beautiful boat Sky’s The Limit….. It has been raining … Continue reading →

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Luna on the move

Posted on July 29, 2018 by marcuseich

This weekend we spend another night away from the marina. On Saturday we went to our favorite workout class in Tompkins Square Park. If you like to join check out the meetup group: MR Calisthenics Luna enjoyed the company as … Continue reading →

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Weekend away from the marina

Posted on July 16, 2018 by marcuseich

Last weekend we rented a car and drove up to our favorite place in New Paltz / NY next to the skydiving dropzone “Skydive The Ranch”. Having a big bed and a shower with bathtub was a real treat. Here … Continue reading →

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Weekly Update: Good and Bad News

Posted on July 7, 2018 by marcuseich

Ok first the bad news: We did a Facetime call with the Marina and they explained to us that the moisture at the side of the bottom is acceptable to get laminated, but the bottom is not. So we have … Continue reading →

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On the final stretch

Posted on June 30, 2018 by marcuseich

Last weekend Jolanda and I visited our boat in Maryland. Jolanda was down in Annapolis for a sailing course and I joined her for the weekend to spend a day at the marina were our boat is located. Overall everything … Continue reading →

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