There is an interview with Jim regarding our adventure in the may issue of 48 North. http://48north.com/may_2008/rard/rard2.htm
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Article in the May 48 North
May 13, 2008News: Telenor → Vizada
March 29, 2008
Apax Partners Acquires Telenor Satellite Services and Integrates the Company into Vizada – A New Market Leader in Global Satellite Communications Services
48° North Article
September 22, 2006The October 2006 issue of 48° North has an article about the Rard Family Ocean Adventure.
Molly and Jessie on 710 KIRO Radio
September 21, 2006Listen to the interview with Molly and Jessie on 710 KIRO Radio with Ron and Don.
Seattle PI Article
September 20, 2006Traversing the high seas, twin daughters in tow
Parents to school girls on world voyage
For the next two years as their peers navigate the shifting alliances, hormonal swells and further treacheries of seventh grade, Molly and Jessie Rard, 12-year- old twins from Arlington, will be happily oblivious — if a bit damp.
Instead of multiple teachers, they will have one stern, extremely maternal instructor. Classes will take place in a cubby smaller than most schools’ restrooms — or, depending on your perspective, as large as the world.
At the end of this month, after years of dreaming, the four-member family will step aboard their 49-foot cutter, Ruby Slippers, to circumnavigate the Earth for two years.
Rard Family Ocean Adventure 