What Do Alameda Sailors Do When They Retire?

Alameda sailors Rebecca Rivkyn and Tim Kelliher retired last fall. Rather than sit on the dock waiting for inspiration, they hopped over to the East Coast and bought a boat. Marlove, a Lagoon 450 F, was awaiting them in Fort Pierce, FL.

“We bought it and moved aboard in February of this year,” Tim wrote us. “We sold or gave away everything except what we moved aboard with.” That’s the kind of sailing spirit we support and love hearing about.

The couple spent 10 days driving across the country with their dog, Dobby. They then took the next five months to prepare the boat, and probably themselves, to sail north to Connecticut for the summer, with a plan to return to Florida in the fall.

And, Tim added, “In the spring we will head across the Atlantic toward the Mediterranean. From there, who knows?”

This is what we’ve been talking about all these years (erm, decades): sailors hopping aboard a boat and going where the wind blows. Congratulations on your retirement, Rebecca and Tim, and fair winds for an epic voyaging future.