Yacht Le Reve

20/01/2025

Our repeat guests celebrated his 55th birthday aboard Yacht Catatonic 500 and now 60th birthday aboard Yacht Le Reve with Captain Dirk DeLo and Yacht Chef Sandra Anderson!

02/01/2025

Yacht Le Reve, Captain Dirk DeLo and Captain/Chef Sandra Anderson wish you smooth sailing into 2025!

02/01/2025

It has been another year around the sun for everyone and another Le Rêve Great Loop allowing us to explore new ports with our guests, friends, and sometimes just us. Sailing amazing cruising grounds and following the best weather has blessed us with visiting the following ports of call this last year:

Anegada
Beef Island
Bermuda
Cap Cana
Cape Cod
Cayo Levanato
Clarencetown
Elizabeth Islands
Eustatia Island
Fajardo
Frenchman’s Cay
Jost Van D**e
Ginger Island
Great Inagua
Great Dog
Great Camanoe
Guana Island
Hadley Harbor
Highborne Cay
Juanillo Beach
Las Terranas
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket
Nassau
Norman Island
Padanaram
Palm Beach
Peter Island
Prickly Pear
Punta Cana
Rhode Island
Saba Rock
Salt Island
Samaná
Santa Barbara de Samaná
Scrub Island
Sebana Del La Mar
Shroud Cay
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Maarten
St. John
St. Martin
St. Thomas
Tortola
Virgin Gorda

We are hoping to explore some new ports of call this year and revisit some of our old favorites with friends old and new.

01/01/2025

Looking for NY resolutions? Sail your dream aboard with Captain Dirk DeLo and Yacht Chef Sandra Anderson in 2025!

https://youtu.be/M1AMiAU_EgM

26/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all from Yacht Le Reve Sandra Anderson Dirk DeLo

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas from the British Virgin Islands…here’s to celebrating a white (sand) Christmas!

24/12/2024

Just another day sailing the dream aboard!

27/11/2024

Everyone is enjoying water sports this morning aboard!

14/10/2024

Would anyone like to observe the sunset and comet with no light pollution tonight? The horizon is clear and unobstructed in every direction, midway from Bermuda.

Would a ⛵️ be a suitable option for Facebook traveling to?

And, for dinner, we enjoyed fresh catch of the day (again) - mahi mahi, a fish so delicious it bears repeating, prepared with shrimp and mahi etouffee and yellow fin ahi tuna poke.

With Starlink Maritime, upgraded lithium batteries for generator free air conditioning, and tradewinds life is great!

05/10/2024

Just one of the many updates we made this Summer! Great job by Ruckle Restoration and a very interesting blog post about the work! https://rucklerestoration.net/?page_id=857 (click the link for the AFTER pic!)

Project Log: Catamaran Pulpit Seats The customer owns a 60-foot catamaran that has a bow pulpit on each pontoon. Each pulpit has a small seat made of 3/4-inch plywood. The plywood has become dilapidated and delaminated over the years, and I was asked to make and install teak replacements. Before rem...

27/08/2024

In Loving Memory of My Dad, David DeLo: September 1, 1935 - August 28, 2024

After being diagnosed with bone cancer four months ago, my dad faced his illness with incredible strength. Chemotherapy took a toll on him, and he was hospitalized last month due to the side effects. Despite these challenges, he made a strong recovery and was on the path to regaining his health. However, he recently contracted sepsis, which ultimately led to a significant setback on the anniversary of my sister, Dana DeLo Johnson's, passing from sepsis last year.

In accordance with his wishes, my dad spent his final days at home, surrounded by his wife Jan, family, friends, and his beloved golden retrievers. Today, his oldest friend of 70 years, Tony Crowell, visited him. Even though my dad could only listen, they shared precious moments together. Tony, who earned the nickname “The Voice of God” about 50 years ago, shared stories that that started as first-year roommates at the Naval Academy.

After Tony recited the Lord’s Prayer, my dad took his last peaceful breath.

This fall, my dad’s ashes will embark on their final ocean voyage aboard Yacht Le Reve, from Rhode Island to the Virgin Islands, where he will find his final resting place. It was my dad who inspired my love of the sea and sailing, a passion and legacy that Sandra Anderson and I will carry with us always.

He leaves behind his loving wife, Jan Crouch, and our blended families have truly become one.

09/08/2024

Super fun night catching up with my buddy Harris over a Peruvian Sushi making experience! Gotta love NYC on a rainy night!

16/07/2024

14/07/2024

Any guesses to where we are taking our guests today?

15/06/2024

Next stop Rhode Island! Riding the Gulf Stream to the Block Island Canyon exit aboard Yacht Le Reve!

11/06/2024

UPDATE 5: The DR Officials all arrived in their giant black boots as per usual, tromped aboard and gathered around the cockpit table. We are used to this drill so we had already moved any produce out of sight. Sometimes they walk through the boat as well so all of the papayas and bananas from Mel and Tony were stashed. I was just getting warmed up on my Spanish when I was on the receiving end of some rapid-fire Español from the official in charge and I asked him to repeat it. His buddy said in English: “He’s hungry!” Ok, first rattle out of the box and I need to get the food bribes moving. Ok, I see how this is gonna go.

I’m not really sure what these people are expecting food-wise… there are 4 of em, by the way with the possibility of a 5th on the way. Is it a trap? If I put out anything questionable from an Ag perspective will they do an “up-periscope” on us? I decided to just go with some snacks and put out a bowl of my delicious Kirkland Salted Cashews and another bowl of my coveted peanut butter-filled pretzels that I can only get in the States. If we weren’t arriving in the States soon where pb pretzels and Kirkland cashews abound, I don’t know what I’d have thrown at em. (Hmmm, good thing no one had nut allergies. Didn’t think about that til now!)

Dirk offered the full-sugar sodas we keep on board for these occasions bc in these parts, people don’t want anything to do with the sugar free stuff. I didn’t see one Diet Coke the entire time we were in the DR. Seemingly sated, we pressed on with the secondary business of actually checking into the country. Fortunately this time our icemaker did not do a big, loud drop of freshly minted ice cubes bc one time when we checked into Puerto Plata, that happened and the customs agent absolutely freaked. I guess it kinda sounded like muffled gunfire…

Checking in was just a matter of some Q and A and by now my Spanish is waking up. The blazer-wearing gent told me (all in Spanish, thank you, Sra. Mason) that Agriculture was not indeed coming to inspect bc he was at another port and I could just go ahead and give the $20 fee to Mr. Blazer and we’d be good. I handed over a somewhat shopworn $20 and he did not like it - he asked for a bill in better shape. I found a somewhat better one that seemed to pass muster (no recibo was provided for this transaction 🧐).

The man in charge of customs and Immigration informed me that their fee was $101, so we forked that over and DID get a receipt 👍. Pretty much all said and done, we checked into the marina and had a bite of lunch before doing our business day tasks. That evening we rode our bikes to one of the resort’s restaurants. They had a gorgeous pool overlooking the ocean, so we took a dip and had a cocktail. Then the rains came back. Dirk wound up riding his bike back to the boat to get dry clothes so we could change for dinner and then by the time he was back and dinner completed, the rain had stopped and we had a fun bike ride back to the boat.