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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-05-20, Page 66 News Record • Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Contributed photo Seaforth residents Ian and Joy Winterborn pose on the deck of their sailing boat, the SV Reberth, which was designed and built in Goderich. Seaforth couple fulfill dream by sailing across the Atlantic Marco Vigliotti Postmedia Network In a continent spanning voyage touching Portugal's scenic south coast and the hilly terrain of the Cape Verde islands, among other dazzling destinations, Sea - forth residents Ian and Joy Winterborn were instead transfixed by the stars. The British expatriates both pointed to the quiet nights drifting along peace- ful waters, with only the stars and constellations illu- minating an otherwise pitch-black sky above, as their favourite memories from a massive eight-month sailing trip across the Atlan- tic Ocean last year. "Being out at night is one of the most dramatic things for us. Looking up at the dark sky...seeing the planets (and stars)," Ian said in an inter- view with the Expositor. "Rarely these days can you find somewhere where there isn't light pollution:' "To see the Milky Way is just unbelievable - that's my memory," Joy added. "We were lucky enough to see dolphins alongside the boat; we saw a whale. It's just incredible!' Their 9,000 nautical mile journey traversing the Atlan- tic included stop -offs in numerous marinas and ports dotting the Caribbean __.,.1,54,1,'.-eert OS/a we %via *cia �o Windt* Avreilled: Clinton United Church 105 Ontario Street 519-482-9553 www.clinton u n ited.ca Ministry Team Word and Sacrament: Rev. Randy Covey MDIv Children and Youth: Kathy Douglas DM Director of Music: Louise Dockstader May 24 10:30 am Worship and Sunday School Masonic Lodge Service YARD SALE Fri May 1 — 7pm Saturday 8 - NOON Open Minds — Open Hearts Come and be a part of the family Christian Reformed Church 243 Princess St. E., Clinton Pastor Ron Luchies 519-482-5264 Sunday May 24, 2015 Pentecost Sunday 10:00 am - Morning Service 7:00 pm - Evening Service "The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands." Psalm 19 vs 1 All Visitors Welcome! First Baptist Church 85 Huron St., Clinton 482-3598 SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2015 MORNING SERVICE 10:30 AM Lay Pastor - Wally DeWolfe Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 PM TO ADVERTISE IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE CALL Clinton News Record 519-482-3443 PRESS '0' BIBLE MISSIONARY CHURCH 35 Toronto Blvd., Vanastra (519) 482-8183 MAY 24, 2015 Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM Sunday Evening Worship 7:00 PM Pastor Josh McCarthy Everyone Welcome! HEARTLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH 52 Victoria St., Clinton -- 519-606-1015 www.heartlandclinton.ca Pastor Charles Gingerich Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Prayer & Share 7:00 p.m. Expect a welcome and a blessing! St. Paul's Anglican Church A Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spirit 49 Ontario St., Cinton The Reverend Karine A. Snowdon BA, M.Div Organist & Choir Master: Dana Prouse SUNDAY MAY 24 Day of Pentecost Worship at 11:15 am Wear red, yellow or orange! EVERYONE WELCOME! Council Meets Wed. May 27, 7pm and southern Europe, such as Lagos, Portgual, Las Pal- mas, Grand Canary and the island nation of St. Lucia. The trip, made on a 41 -foot long sailing boat dubbed the "SV Reberth" designed and built by Goz- zard Yachts in Goderich, was partly spawned by positive experiences on previous ocean -crossing cruise trips, the Winterborns said. "We have travelled across the Atlantic on a cruise ship and you look out and you say 'wow, wouldn't it be good to be out there on our boat," explained Joy. "This opportunity arose; it seemed like a good idea. And it was a good idea." "We have a well -found boat; a beautiful boat, a strong boat;" Ian noted. The Winterborns, who moved to southern Ontario from the United Kingdom in 1993 for work, purchased the Reberth brand new in 2002. For its maiden long- distance journey in 2004, the retired couple trucked the boat from Huron County all the way to the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and then sailed from there to Tortola in the British Vir- gin Islands. Every winter since, they have sailed it across the Car- ibbean, with the boat typi- cally left hunkered down in a harbour in Grenada for the duration of the Atlantic hur- ricane season. In 2012, the Winterborns brought the Reberth back to Goderich for its 10th year anniversary and once again sailed it from Virginia to the British Virgin Islands. By this time, Ian had become greatly intrigued by an ocean -spanning rally called Arturo organized by the World Cruising Club that travelled from the Caribbean to Lagos. "I said to Joy, 'I got a crazy idea, perhaps it would be fun to take the boat on Arturo and bring it back on (a different boating rally)," he explained. "In 2013, I started to think about it, contacting people and started to do some plan- ning. And the crazy idea became a reality." The couple left Tortola for Bermuda on May 3, 2014. After a few days, Ian set out with two crewmembers for the Azores islands in the mid-Atlantic, where Joy would later re -join the group. From there it was off to Lagos, where they spent a few days before disembark- ing again for the popular coastal city of Estepona in Spain. After spending some time in the famously sun -soaked beach destination, the Win- terborns left their boat there for a while, eventually returning in the fall to ven- ture out to Las Palmas. The couple joined another rally to travel from the Grand Canary port community to Cape Verde and then St. Lucia, where they arrived safely on December 4. The Winterborns listed the Azores as their favourite stopping point during the journey, despite boasting what the coupled termed as "underdeveloped" and rela- tively modest ports and marinas. "The Azores are just magi- cal," Ian said. "The Azores islands we visited are all different." "The marinas there are very basic but the people will do anything for you. They're just incredible," quipped Joy. Now back at their home in the Bridges of Seaforth subdivision, which they purchased in 2006 after Ian became intrigued about the planned devel- opment during his many work trips from the cou- ples' then -base in George- town to Goderich, the Winterborns have no con- crete plans for their next sailing adventure. Planning out an encore might prove difficult with the Atlantic crossing trip repre- senting something of a dream come true, the couple said, who encourage others to aggressively work towards making their own dreams a reality. "If you have a dream, get out there and live it," Joy said. "Do not say 'I will do it tomorrow,' because you never know what tomorrow will bring:' "That's something we've learnt," added Ian. "If you want to do it, do it."