Welcom Aboard
Gra’inne is a 1998 Island Packet 350 that we bought shortly after relocating from Saudi Arabia to Northern Virginia. After looking at a lot of boats and chartering a few, we decided that the 350 was for us.
After I retired in late 2003, we sold our house and moved aboard Gra’inne full-time. We created this website so that we could share our travels aboard with friends and family.
We spent the first few years aboard cruising the Eastern Seaboard from Maine to the Bahamas. In 2007, after a great vacation aboard a Narrow Boat on the Canals of Central England, and travels in Ireland visiting the home of the “Pirate Queen”, I moved the boat to the Caribbean, and for 8 seasons we enjoyed cruising the Caribbean Islands between Grenada and Antigua. Until 2014, we spent summers in our home at Burnt Store Marina, on Florida’s Southwest Coast, and winters aboard in the Eastern Caribbean.
We had seen and done everything we wanted to in the Bahamas and Caribbean, so we decided it was time for a change. After returning from Grenada, we kept the boat here in the Marina for a while and then moved it to a boat yard for summer storage. We were not going to be using the boat like we would have wanted, so in early 2015, we listed the boat for sale on IP Homeport. After only 6 days, the boat was sold!
The new owners lived aboard for about a year and then sold her again, shame! The current owners are based in Maine and are great people aboard the new “Packet Dream”. I’m not sure if this name will stay, but I’ll update this page if/when I learn of a new name. If you bump into a beautiful 350 along the US East Coast and the Bahamas, stop and say hello; it may be Gra’inne.
If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to Contact Us.
Bobby & Lesley