Ronnie
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Warriors Wish - Ronnie's Web Site - Open Blue Horizon A bit more than two years ago, I was lost in life and pretty much traded my old life for one on and around sailboats. I purchased a cruising boat and took off for Hawaii, only to sustain damage in a hurricane and require assistance. Ending up in China with no boat, I rode a bicycle 9,000 miles through 21 countries, eventually ending up where I started; San Diego, California. My old boat may be gone, but my dream of single handing across the Pacific is stronger than it has ever been. Upon returning to the States last year, I bought a Cal 25 and began preparing it for the SHTP, only to be offered a friend's boat to race, to benefit combat-wounded Veterans of the US Armed Forces. As a combat-wounded Iraq veteran, this is a cause I truly believe in. After spending two months in North Carolina preparing the boat, we trailered it out to Alameda so that I could spend four months preparing to race to Hawaii, while doing work for the wounded veteran non-profit "Hope for the Warriors". Navigation: Paper charts, GPS, hand held GPS, compass,
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