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Announcements, reflections, restoration milestones, and quiet notes from the continuing Sailing Dream Maker journey.

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The voyage continues

JJ Reich holding his new book, Rescuing Maya
Book News

Rescuing Maya Is Here

The wait is over. Rescuing Maya is officially here, and the next Sailing Dream Maker adventure is ready to leave the harbor.

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Sailing Dream Maker - Resucing Maya Theme
Book News

What Would You Do If Someone You Cared About Disappeared?

A Caribbean sailing adventure changes in an instant when one of their own disappears—and the crew of Dream Maker refuses to leave her behind.

Sailing Dream Maker - Rescuing Maya, Maya Ridgeway
Book News

Meet Maya Ridgeway — Rescuing Maya

She's the person everyone is searching for. But Maya Ridgeway is far more than someone waiting to be rescued.

Sailing Dream Maker - The Taíno Amulets
Book News

Seven Days Until the Next Voyage

Rescuing Maya arrives October 4. If you haven't sailed aboard Dream Maker before, there's still time to start where the adventure began.

Sailing Dream Maker - Rescuing Maya
Book News

The Voyage Continues — Rescuing Maya

The first adventure began with a treasure hunt. On October 4, the crew of Dream Maker returns for a rescue.

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Reflections at the Writing Table
New Reflection

Live the Life You’re Building

The life we imagine for someday is built through the ordinary choices we are willing to make today.

Sailing Dream Maker - The Taíno Amulets Cover
Book News

Where the Voyage Began

Before Rescuing Maya, there was a restored sailboat, a mysterious stone, an old Caribbean legend—and the first voyage aboard Dream Maker.

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Sailing Dream Maker - Rescuing Maya
Book News

The Next Voyage Begins

A missing daughter. A desperate father. And a group of friends unwilling to leave one of their own behind.

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Two people sitting together on a bench overlooking a quiet landscape.
New Reflection

The People Who Teach Us

Some of life's greatest teachers never realize they were teaching us at all.

A sailboat continuing across calm water beneath clearing skies.
New Reflection

Keep Moving Forward

The course will change. The destination may move. That doesn't mean the journey has failed.

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Dream Maker on stands in the boatyard after receiving the first gray barrier coat on the bottom of her hull.
Restoration Update

One Layer Closer

Dream Maker has her first coat of barrier protection—and the distance between the boatyard and the water just got a little shorter.

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Sailing Dream Maker and The Taino Amulets, introducing the first adventure in the Sailing Dream Maker series.
Book News

Every Adventure Has a Beginning

A chance discovery. An old Caribbean legend. Four mysterious Taíno amulets. And the first great adventure aboard Dream Maker.

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A lone person pauses where two quiet woodland paths separate.
New Reflection

The Questions Worth Asking

Sometimes the most important question isn’t which path to take, but why we’re walking it in the first place.

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Removing Dream Maker's old Name Revealed Original Name: Odyssey
Dream Maker Update

Sometimes Restoration Reveals More Than We Expect

While sanding the teak trim along Dream Maker's bow, an unexpected piece of her history quietly emerged from beneath the paint.

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A quiet forest trail curves gently into the morning light.
New Reflection

Extraordinary Journeys Begin with Small Steps

A new reflection from The Horizon explores how meaningful lives are built through small, ordinary choices made consistently over time.

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