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I am Alison Stocker and with my husband, Randall, we have just started cruising in our sailboat. We retired from working at the University of Florida at the end of December 2007 and cast-off from Florida on June 1st, 2008, on our shake-down cruise up the eastern coast of North America.

We bought our boat knowing that she needed plenty of re-fitting and that process is continuing as we cruise. Our blog is primarily intended for our friends and relations who want to find out where we are, but we welcome review and comments from anyone friendly!

Tregoning is a Cornish family name (meaning “homestead of Cohnan” or “farm by the ash trees”) and was my mother’s middle name.

Sailing Experience

I grew up in Cornwall, Great Britain, and was exposed to sailing in my youth. My older brothers probably took it more seriously than me then, but my career (in aquatic plant research) has never taken me far from the water and boats. So it was good to get a 21 ft sailboat about 10 years ago and get back into sailing.

Randall is a surfer from California and bought his first 23 ft sailboat in the early 1990’s. He had also spent a career on the water in airboats and small motor boats. In 2006, we sold our 26 ft Hunter (which was towed across the US three times) and bought our current 41 ft Morgan Classic.

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