Sail Trekker
  • Trips
  • The Catamaran
    • Cat's Meow exterior
    • Cat's Meow interior
    • Captains Don & LaVonne
    • The Staterooms
    • The Kitties
  • Photos 2023-2019
    • 2023 Junkanoo, Georgetown, Bahamas
    • Kitties Inky and Squinky
    • PR Earthquake, Guanica, Guayanilla '19--'20
    • Touring PR 2 mo. before Covid-19 lockdown '20
    • Culebra, PR 2019-2020
    • Swimming with dolphin in Georgetown, Bahamas '20
    • Junkanoo, Georgetown, 2019
    • Royal Bahamas Police Force Band 2019, Goergetown
    • SE Nova Scotia aboard "Plover" 2019
    • St John USVI Bamboula Dancers 2019
    • PR Bomba/Plena Festival dancing/drumming
  • Photos 2018-2017
    • Dominica 2017 PHOTOS >
      • Carnival in Roseau VIDEO
      • Indian River, Portsmouth VIDEO
      • Domino game, Portsmouth VIDEO
      • Carnival in Portsmouth VIDEO
      • "Jing Ping" Dominican music VIDEO
      • Ancient buttress root tree on Syndicate Trail VIDEO
    • Trent-Severn Waterway, Ontario, Canada 2017
    • Guadeloupe 2017 PHOTOS >
      • Guadeloupe music, Mouvman Kiltirel Akiyo VIDEO
    • Antigua, St John, Culebra PHOTOS >
      • Steel Drum music, Antigua VIDEOS
      • Snorkeling with turtle, St John & Culebra VIDEOS
      • Culebra & Culebrita Underwater PHOTOS
      • Coral underwater "Garden", Culebrita VIDEO
      • Snorkeling with a school of blue fish VIDEO
      • Small fish in current under coral, Culebrita VIDEO
    • Puerto Rico before Hurricane Maria 2017 PHOTOS >
      • Dancers on the Guancha, Ponce VIDEO
      • Singers at farmer's market, Ponce VIDEO
      • "TunTun Sound" Band on the Guancha, Ponce VIDEO
    • Playful dolphins while sailing VIDEO
  • Photos 2016-2011
    • 2016 Photos >
      • Bay of Fundy, Halifax, Nova Scotia to Bras d'Or Lakes 2016
      • Lunenburg to Shelburne aboard "Silmaril" 2015
      • Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland to Ramea 2016
      • Grey River, Newfoundland to Rencontre West 2016
      • McCallum, Newfoundland
      • Gaultois and Piccaire, Newfoundland
      • Hermitage, Harbour Breton, Balden's Cove, Grand Falls, Newfoundland
      • Grand Bank and Fortune, Newfoundland
      • Miquelon and St. Pierre, France
    • 2015 Photos >
      • Sailing through squalls on way to Dominican Republic, Ocean World, Cabarete, Luperon, La Isabela, Country Day Tour
      • Touring Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic 2015
      • Old San Juan, Guavate, & Fajardo, Puerto Rico 2015
      • Vieques and Culebra 2015
      • Ponce, Puerto Rico 2015
      • El Yunque National Rain Forest, Puerto Rico 2015
      • Sailing back to Georgetown 2014-2015
    • 2014 Photos >
      • St John's, Cape Fear, Bell Island, Ferryland, NL 2014
      • St. Pierre & Miquelon, NL 2014
      • Southeastern Newfoundland 2014
      • Georgetown to Nassau - Family Vacation Photos 2014
      • Norman's Cay 2014
      • Rocket & Orbit in the Bahamas 2014
      • Georgetown, Exuma 2014
      • Georgetown Underwater 2014
      • Rum Cay 2014
      • Family Island Regatta, Georgetown 2014
      • Royal Bahamian Police Band @ Fam. Is. Reg. 2014
      • Exuma Community Youth Marching Band & Majorettes @ Regatta 2014
    • 2013 Photos >
      • Ocean Marine Haul-out, Portsmouth, VA 2013
      • Florida & Nassau
      • Bohicket Creek, Wadmalaw Island, SC 2013
      • St Augustine, FL 2013/2014
      • Georgetown, Exumas 2013
      • Long Island, Bahamas 2013
      • Rum Cay 2013
      • Lee Stocking Island & Elizabeth Island 2013
      • Staniel Cay, Big Major's, Rocky Dundas 2013
      • Black Point Settlement 2013
      • Little Farmers Cay 2013
      • Bimini, Bahamas 2013
    • 2012 Photos >
      • Bohicket Creek, SC
      • Hurricane Sandy, Yacht Haven, Glou. Pt, VA
      • Memories of HMS Bounty, Lunenburg
      • LaHave, Nova Scotia
      • Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
      • Shelburne, Nova Scotia
      • Around Nova Scotia
      • Oyster Bay, NY to Gloucester, MA 2012
      • New York City 2012
      • Yorktown to New York
      • Yorktown, VA & Nag's Head, NC 2012
      • Beaufort, NC Winter
      • Sunsets/Sunrises
      • "ORBIT"
      • "ROCKET"
      • Cool birds & animals
    • 2011 Photos >
      • New York City 2011
      • Maine 2011
      • Bahamas 2011
      • Family Island Regatta, Georgetown, Exumas
      • Beaufort, NC 2011
      • Florida-Georgia-South Carolina 2011
      • 2019 Junkanoo, Georgetown, Police Band
  • Trip Schedules through 2024
  • Trips
  • The Catamaran
    • Cat's Meow exterior
    • Cat's Meow interior
    • Captains Don & LaVonne
    • The Staterooms
    • The Kitties
  • Photos 2023-2019
    • 2023 Junkanoo, Georgetown, Bahamas
    • Kitties Inky and Squinky
    • PR Earthquake, Guanica, Guayanilla '19--'20
    • Touring PR 2 mo. before Covid-19 lockdown '20
    • Culebra, PR 2019-2020
    • Swimming with dolphin in Georgetown, Bahamas '20
    • Junkanoo, Georgetown, 2019
    • Royal Bahamas Police Force Band 2019, Goergetown
    • SE Nova Scotia aboard "Plover" 2019
    • St John USVI Bamboula Dancers 2019
    • PR Bomba/Plena Festival dancing/drumming
  • Photos 2018-2017
    • Dominica 2017 PHOTOS >
      • Carnival in Roseau VIDEO
      • Indian River, Portsmouth VIDEO
      • Domino game, Portsmouth VIDEO
      • Carnival in Portsmouth VIDEO
      • "Jing Ping" Dominican music VIDEO
      • Ancient buttress root tree on Syndicate Trail VIDEO
    • Trent-Severn Waterway, Ontario, Canada 2017
    • Guadeloupe 2017 PHOTOS >
      • Guadeloupe music, Mouvman Kiltirel Akiyo VIDEO
    • Antigua, St John, Culebra PHOTOS >
      • Steel Drum music, Antigua VIDEOS
      • Snorkeling with turtle, St John & Culebra VIDEOS
      • Culebra & Culebrita Underwater PHOTOS
      • Coral underwater "Garden", Culebrita VIDEO
      • Snorkeling with a school of blue fish VIDEO
      • Small fish in current under coral, Culebrita VIDEO
    • Puerto Rico before Hurricane Maria 2017 PHOTOS >
      • Dancers on the Guancha, Ponce VIDEO
      • Singers at farmer's market, Ponce VIDEO
      • "TunTun Sound" Band on the Guancha, Ponce VIDEO
    • Playful dolphins while sailing VIDEO
  • Photos 2016-2011
    • 2016 Photos >
      • Bay of Fundy, Halifax, Nova Scotia to Bras d'Or Lakes 2016
      • Lunenburg to Shelburne aboard "Silmaril" 2015
      • Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland to Ramea 2016
      • Grey River, Newfoundland to Rencontre West 2016
      • McCallum, Newfoundland
      • Gaultois and Piccaire, Newfoundland
      • Hermitage, Harbour Breton, Balden's Cove, Grand Falls, Newfoundland
      • Grand Bank and Fortune, Newfoundland
      • Miquelon and St. Pierre, France
    • 2015 Photos >
      • Sailing through squalls on way to Dominican Republic, Ocean World, Cabarete, Luperon, La Isabela, Country Day Tour
      • Touring Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic 2015
      • Old San Juan, Guavate, & Fajardo, Puerto Rico 2015
      • Vieques and Culebra 2015
      • Ponce, Puerto Rico 2015
      • El Yunque National Rain Forest, Puerto Rico 2015
      • Sailing back to Georgetown 2014-2015
    • 2014 Photos >
      • St John's, Cape Fear, Bell Island, Ferryland, NL 2014
      • St. Pierre & Miquelon, NL 2014
      • Southeastern Newfoundland 2014
      • Georgetown to Nassau - Family Vacation Photos 2014
      • Norman's Cay 2014
      • Rocket & Orbit in the Bahamas 2014
      • Georgetown, Exuma 2014
      • Georgetown Underwater 2014
      • Rum Cay 2014
      • Family Island Regatta, Georgetown 2014
      • Royal Bahamian Police Band @ Fam. Is. Reg. 2014
      • Exuma Community Youth Marching Band & Majorettes @ Regatta 2014
    • 2013 Photos >
      • Ocean Marine Haul-out, Portsmouth, VA 2013
      • Florida & Nassau
      • Bohicket Creek, Wadmalaw Island, SC 2013
      • St Augustine, FL 2013/2014
      • Georgetown, Exumas 2013
      • Long Island, Bahamas 2013
      • Rum Cay 2013
      • Lee Stocking Island & Elizabeth Island 2013
      • Staniel Cay, Big Major's, Rocky Dundas 2013
      • Black Point Settlement 2013
      • Little Farmers Cay 2013
      • Bimini, Bahamas 2013
    • 2012 Photos >
      • Bohicket Creek, SC
      • Hurricane Sandy, Yacht Haven, Glou. Pt, VA
      • Memories of HMS Bounty, Lunenburg
      • LaHave, Nova Scotia
      • Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
      • Shelburne, Nova Scotia
      • Around Nova Scotia
      • Oyster Bay, NY to Gloucester, MA 2012
      • New York City 2012
      • Yorktown to New York
      • Yorktown, VA & Nag's Head, NC 2012
      • Beaufort, NC Winter
      • Sunsets/Sunrises
      • "ORBIT"
      • "ROCKET"
      • Cool birds & animals
    • 2011 Photos >
      • New York City 2011
      • Maine 2011
      • Bahamas 2011
      • Family Island Regatta, Georgetown, Exumas
      • Beaufort, NC 2011
      • Florida-Georgia-South Carolina 2011
      • 2019 Junkanoo, Georgetown, Police Band
  • Trip Schedules through 2024

Captains Don & LaVonne

Captain Don and Captain LaVonne are experienced delivery captains moving boats primarily to and from the Caribbean.  Both Don and LaVonne hold USCG Masters licenses and have been responsible offshore for vessels up to 118 ft.  

Captains LaVonne and Don emphasize safety, thorough preparation, knowledge of ship’s systems and maintenance, navigation skills including celestial and detailed attention to weather and weather routing. 

Growing up, LaVonne spent entire summers waterskiing, swimming, fishing, canoeing, and power boating at her family’s cottage on Lake Wisconsin.  After marrying Donald and moving to Virginia, she swapped fresh water for salt water and switched from power boating to sailing.   A graduate of the University of Colorado, LaVonne enjoyed an executive management career in the health and fitness field that she most recently combined with cooking.  With a degree in Culinary Arts, Chef LaVonne especially enjoys preparing healthy meals, using local fruits and vegetables and baking.

Don started boating and sailing on the lakes of Europe where he grew up.   He finished school at The College of William and Mary where he could continue his love of sailing and racing on the Chesapeake.   While building his career in executive management of science and technology research, Don also continued to build the skills necessary for sailtrekking.

Both Don and LaVonne enjoy sharing their cruising experiences and extending the hospitality of the Cat’s Meow to ensure your participation is memorable.  So pick a week or two, or even a month, gather your friends or family and join us on our odyssey.

Read about our trips. 
​Contact us at :  [email protected]

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