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Owner-operators John & Joanne Van Strien have logged 80,000 miles on "Western Grace" in British Columbia, Mexico, California, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Alaska & Hawaii. They both were born, raised and educated in Holland. By age 9, John was going to sea on his uncle's North Sea trawlers on summer holidays. John completed a two year nautical college program at Oranje Nassua in Delfzyl, then logged 60,000 miles as crew on a Baltic Sea ship. After time ashore in Holland & Alberta, they moved to British Columbia, Canada, and founded a sailing bareboat charter and sailing school, which they sold before building Western Grace.