Vancouver Club Night – Six Years at Sea as a Family of Four (Part 1)

Darryl & Janet Lapaire share the first part of their incredible multi-year journey from the Med to Victoria–with two kids.

In this presentation, they’ll share their motivations for going—why they sold everything and took off. Of course, making the decision to go is only part of the journey and they’ll also talk about what it’s like to go cruising with next to no experience on the water.

They will talk a bit about the process of selecting and buying a boat overseas, and their experiences sailing through the Eastern Mediterranean. The talk will touch on their thoughts about how to make the dream a reality, and provide some insights into sailing in the Schengen Zone.

As for the Lapaires, they are a family of 4 who sold it all to go cruising. They spent 6 years between July 2015 and November 2022 sailing from the Eastern Med to the Caribbean, through Panama and then on to the South Pacific.

They were caught out by COVID in French Polynesia and stayed there for 2 years before deciding to head north back to Canada via Alaska. They now call Victoria home and still live aboard their boat spending winters in Victoria Harbour and summers at anchor.

They are actively planning their next adventure, looking forward to heading south to Mexico and onwards from there.

Note: Payment is now required for virtual attendance via Zoom – see below.

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Hybrid Meeting Format

In-Person Attendees:

• For those attending in-person, the format will be very much the same as “normal”
• Doors open at 7:00 and meeting starts at 7:30.
• Cost: $5/Members, $10/Non-Members

Virtual Attendees: 

Virtual club nights (via Zoom) have enabled BCA to continue our monthly meetings and presentations throughout the pandemic, with an added bonus of expanding our community to members and non-members across the globe.  With the return to in-person meetings BCA has continued to provide a virtual component to our club nights as it has significant benefits to our membership. This however comes at a cost for the purchase of cameras, audio equipment and the lost revenue due to a decrease of in-person attendance used to off-set venue costs.

Zoom meeting invitation:

• Click here to register for and purchase your virtual meeting ticket and receive the Zoom meeting invitation.
• Please note that you must be signed in to the BCA website to get the member price.
• Cost: Members – $5.00 per connected device; Non-Members, $10 per connected device.

Note: Due to the small cost of virtual tickets, and an equal or greater cost, to BCA, of issuing refunds, no refunds will be issued unless Vancouver Chapter is unable to deliver the Club Night via Zoom.

For More Information and to Register – Click Here