Crew List Party Couple in France

While on assignment in Toul, France, to investigate whether the Wanderer was being hyperbolic about the pleasures of canal boating, Latitude’s Mitch Perkins and a friend were ‘tooling’ through scenic waterways when they docked their boat Marjani near Lynn and Jack Robinson of Fort Collins, Colorado. As it turns out the couple had some deep roots in Latitude 38 circles.

One chat led to another, and Lynn shared some great stories about her illustrious sailing adventures. She met her first husband at a Latitude Crew List Party in 1980. In 1994 she attended her second Crew List Party at Golden Gate Yacht Club (we’re pretty sure) where she met a nice sailor who invited her to crew on a Westsail 42 named Synergy.

But around midnight of the their first day out of San Diego, Synergy t-boned a Hunter 40 and ended her maiden Ha-Ha voyage. Undaunted, Lynn made her way onto another boat and ended up in Cabo. That’s where she met Jack, who was apparently waiting for Lynn before following his sailing dreams.

Lynn and Jack continue to sail all over the world on their two boats. They own a Catalac 40 built by English catamaran guru Tom Lack (Cat-a-Lac, get it?), and one of their many voyages included doing the Great Loop. When they’re not sailing, the couple is cruising the canals of Europe on their Dutch-built DeGroot cruiser.

Lynn hadn’t seen the Wanderer since the ’94 Ha-Ha but they crossed paths in a lock on some charming canal surrounded by bucolic countryside between some fairytale European villages.

We definitely suggest going to a Crew List Party. You just might find that not everything is hyperbole.