Monday, July 17, 2006

Malo, Not Bad

Bizim is Turkish for “Ours”, and that is the name of our friend’s boat. The boat is a Malo sailing yacht and Iain and Ruth are in the process of getting it ready to sail to Turkey. First they will sail down the West Coast, through the Panama Canal, through the Caribbean, up the East Coast to see Ruth’s family and then eventually over to Turkey where they have property and will be building a new home.

I got to know Ruth when we worked together at BellSouth International; now I work with Iain at T-Mobile, at least until he sails off into the sunset. You can learn more about the boat and keep up with their adventures on Iain’ Blog.

Bonnie and I went over to visit last night and check on the progress they have made in getting ready to go. The boat now has a new electronic navigation system, a new stereo, cutlass bearing and lots of other improvements. Most importantly they have just ordered a new mattress topper and fitted sheets for the cabin that Bonnie and I use when we come to visit, which we will be doing as often as we can get away with it!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bizim (the phonetic version), also, means naughty child in Scottish...can't imagine the inspiration for that... :-)

Anonymous said...

Hi There, Just trying to contact Bizim but having trouble with this internet in the Azores. Could you relay a message to Ian and Ruth just to say that Pegasus arrived Ponta Delgarda last Wednesday. Thaks very much for all help with the radio. Now fixed will send pictures when we have better internet access. My E mail j.lawrence@virgin.net....Thanks very much