May 06 2008
Whoa Nelly!!!
So much to say and so many words and everything stutters in the beginning. Stephen and I have been slogging our way through sanding dust, extremely toxic paint, expensive hardware, moments of sniggling anxiety and lots of money to get ourselves and our boat ready for a big run around the world.
We’re shooting for slipping around the southern bit of the earth in eight months. A short span of time when compared to the time most cruisers take.
Why?
There’s the favorite question. Why? Well what can we say but “Whoa Nelly! Hold up there- Let’s go through the more interesting questions first.
Like how, when, where, what, who. Why?
If you must know we go to sea to see. That little quip is the Captain’s favorite and now I owe him a quarter for using it.