David is originally from Michigan although spent most of his childhood growing up in Colorado. Marcie was born in Leicester, MA (about 50 miles west of Boston) and grew up in New England. David spent six years in the US Navy and never was aboard a ship. Though Marcie grew up neat the Atlantic, she was never on a sailboat as a kid or young adult.
David's an Electrical Engineer. Marcie's career was in medical marketing. We owned our own medical instrumentation company in Denver for nearly 10 years then sold it to a "larger fish", who sold to a "larger fish" and well, you know how that story goes.
David's main efforts now are concentrated on keeping the boat afloart and Marcie currently serves on the Board of Directors of SSCA (Seven Seas Cruising Association).
We have three kids...Casey, Brennan and Brad...all grown up and on their own. We have eight grandkids! Yup, hard to believe...even for us. Though the family visits us on Nine of Cups when they can, it's hard to find the time in their hectic lives to get away...especially when we're in South America! We try to get home at least once a year to catch up and see how much our grandchildren have grown.
The summer of 2007 was especially wonderful since we brought "Cups" home from South Africa and had lots of time to spend with family and friends. "Cups" stayed on a mooring at the Herreschoff Museum and we visited her frequently, but lived for the most part with Marcie's sister, Lin and her family.
August 11, 2007