Our boat e-mail is crew@puravidasail.com and our individual e-mail addresses are below.  Feel free to send us a note.  We’d love to hear from you!

Dallas

 

Lauren

Lauren Richerson on Facebook

dolphins_lauren_ua_pou

 

Wes & Tiffany

Dallas’s brother Wes and his girlfriend Tiffany partnered with us on the first leg of the trip from Florida to New Zealand.

w_and_t

Ash

The indomitable Kiwi Ash (Ashley Lowe) sailed with us from Tauranga, New Zealand to Cairns, Australia.

DSC_0104

Shiroma

Martina Shiroma Trautmann joined us from New Zealand to Suva, Fiji.  The princess then re-joined Pura Vida at Vuda Point, Fiji, travelling with us until we reached Cairns, Australia.

DSC_0098

James and Ashley

Lauren’s sister Ashley and her boyfriend James spent two weeks aboard Pura Vida between Suva, Fiji and Waya Island,Fiji.

DSC_0027

Colin

Colin “Big Tuna” Murphey, a good friend from our KU days joined us between Suva, Fiji and Cairns, Australia and treated to us to plenty of fresh tuna sushi, steaks, and fillets.  Go Nat Geo.

DSC_0595

Tracey

Tracey added lots of positive energy to Pura Vida between Simon’s Town, South Africa and Recife, Brazil

tracey

Robin & Rindy

We enjoyed visits from Lauren’s parents in New Zealand and the Caribbean.  They met us in Antigua, and sailed with us from Barbuda to St. Kitts and Nevis.

DSC_0673

 

Brian and Julia

We had an awesome time exploring the Virgins with our good friends Brian and Julia who love being in the water as much as we do.

DSC_0313 

Tim, Heather, Jackson, & Harper

Dallas’s brother and his family met us for the last leg of our trip, joining us in Grand Bahama and sailing with us to Bimini and on to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

DSC_0641 

Jeko the Gecko

Jeko has been spotted on board in all 3 oceans.  Our best guess is that he first came aboard in Panama.

gecko