To say that Bob Giles enjoys cruising is an understatement. Ask him where he’s cruised aboard his Nordhavn 96, VivieRae, and he’ll list countries and islands representing nearly every letter of the alphabet. There’s Australia, the Bahamas, Bali, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Fiji, the Maldives, Panama, Tahiti, Thailand, Vanuatu and of course the United States—for starters. Amid the familiar names are unusual places like Mexico’s Revillagigedo Islands, which have the greatest concentration of tropical marine megafauna (think manta rays, hammerhead sharks and whale sharks) in North America.
Considering that Giles took delivery of in 2017, the breadth of cruising is astounding. More astounding is that the yacht covered 21,000 nautical miles in just her first year. From being the guest of remote villagers at kava ceremonies to diving famous battleship wrecks, Giles has seen and
