Discovering Joy

My husband Don and I have been searching for the best adventures aboard catamarans for the last 12 years and we have experienced many sailing adventures… chartering in the islands of Turkey, Greece, and the Mediterranean, – chartering in the Pacific from the Tuamoto archipelago , Moorea, Tahiti, Bora Bora and the other islands of Polynesia. – and of course the Caribbean from Grenada north to the Bahamas.

We have chartered many vessels -from a Motor Cat 43, to the  sailing Cats 440 , 450, 500, 520 and 620 -all Lagoons. On one of our adventures in the Caribbean we met Captain Patrick Gomila and his wife Pascal who both hail from Paris France.

We were so excited with their skills we asked them if they would be willing to be our Captain and Chef in French Polynesia and they, being familiar with the islands of Polynesia, having already sailed there while circumnavigating the globe, said – YES!

We chartered a 52 Lagoon out of Raiatea   and spent a month together having an enchanted adventure and sailing some of the most beautiful water I’ve ever seen.

We fell in LOVE with the Lagoon 52 and our Captain Patrick (who has the greatest collection of music) and his fabulous wife and chef Pascal (who is the most wonderful Chef we have encountered.).

We’ve now since bought our own 2017 52 F Lagoon, and we named her JOY.

She is a four cabin owner version which is so luxurious that after spending our first night aboard in the BVIs I told my husband it felt like Christmas and we were “opening” this gift together.

We were also fortunate to hire our dream crew of Patrick and Pascal Gomila. He is the consummate skilled Captain and she is the French Chef that makes the culinary experience of a sailing vacation one of the best parts of sailing.

Aboard our new Catamaran “JOY” you will find the owners cabin has more space than I’ve ever experienced in a catamaran of this size and the same goes for our VIP cabin!

The third guest cabin is lovely and spacious as well.
We found our dream boat, we found our dream crew and to experience them is a true Joy
I invite you to share our experience by chartering our JOY…