Michael Fischer is the Captain of Sea Venture. He’s an ex-Navy pilot who dreams of traveling to the moon, building his own jet-powered personal flying machine, and sailing the seas. The first two haven’t materialized–Michael lost his place in the astronaut program when the rules dictated a one-inch-too-short height of 6’2″, and he hasn’t had time to invent his lift-off machine–so, instead, he’s working on dream number three: sailing wherever the Wind of God blows Sea Venture. Michael’s the engineering/mechanical/systems genius who is rebuilding the innards of Sea Venture. He has two grown sons, Zachary and Jason.  Contact him at svseaventure at gmail dot com

Sailing toward Agua Verde June 2010

His wife, Normandie, comes on board as Commodore, which is a fun title that lets her pretend she’s in charge, but which really means she gets to do a lot of messing about with all sorts of jobs. She’s been a sailor all her life, still plays with her sharpie, Puff, in coastal NC waters, and is excited to graduate from dinghies to this lovely lady, Sea Venture. Normandie writes, sculpts (she studied in Italy for several years), and adores her adult children, Ariana and Joshua Milton. (Find out more about her writing at www.normandiefischer.com and www.writingonboard.blogspot.com) She is also available to chat with you about the wonderful things God has done in her life: the miracles she’s seen, the blessings she’s known, and the lessons she’s learned. Contact her at normandie at seaventure.us

Sea Venture is our on-the-water home. A Hudson Force 50, she’s 50′ on deck with a long bowsprit from which we can photograph dolphins. A pilot-house ketch, she has two salons, two heads, and, nominally, three staterooms. We like to use the forward bunk area for all the Stuff we take, but in a pinch grandchildren could have fun up there–not that we’re rushing our children into propagation, merely looking forward to it.