Sailing the Atlantic: A dream coming true
SUN PHOTO BY BILL JONES
Ted Goodwin stands before his Island Packet 35 sailboat, Cygnus, in Punta Gorda Isles, as he prepares for an 18-month, 8,500- to 9,000-nautical-mile odyssey across the Atlantic Ocean.
Ted Goodwin has had a deep-seated dream for more than 20 years, and now it’s finally beginning to come true.
Goodwin, 66, has long peered into the future, seeing him and his wife, Marilyn, embarking on an extended sailing odyssey across the open Atlantic Ocean.