Adventure Found!

Trovita

We approach our life as a series of adventures.

As we plan for our retirement we have pursued our love of sailing and planned our next adventure as live-aboard cruisers. Our searches for the perfect vessel lead us to our Tayana 37. She is a proven cruiser, having transported and sheltered Dan Best and his family through their adventures as the TriciaJean. We are lucky to have her.

In our quest for the perfect name, we returned to the theme of the adventure that brought us here. Marc and I started our own company in 1996. We lived in an orange grove on Orangewood Drive and called our company Orangegrove Engineering. As our company grew, we added a network and additional computers and each had to be named. Keeping with the theme, they were called Navel, Valencia, Mandarin, Clementine, and the smallest was Pulp!

Searching for the perfect orange to name our Tayana, we stumbled upon an orange named Trovita. It was discovered by a researcher at University of Riverside, California. We learned there is an international language called “Esperanto”. It was promoted as a language everyone could learn in 100 hours. This would allow the world to communicate. It failed to grab the international community, but since this language contained completely new words, it found a home with scientists in naming discoveries. Since the orange seed was “found” on the ground, the scientist used the word Trovita which means “found” in Esperanto.

We have found our Tayana and will be naming her TROVITA. She will be instrumental in transporting and sheltering us as we find more adventures ahead.