We have been encouraging our friends and family members to follow our blog, but they patiently (?) reminded us that there is no current content. We are about to recify that.

We have a boat! Her name is Seahike. She is a 2016 Leopard 40 catamaran. We bought her in the Seychelles, where she had just come out of charter. We’ve sailed on this model before and knew that we liked it and could easily manage it between the two of us.

So, here we are in the Seychelles. We initially came out in late May to see the boat, be here for the survey and take her out for a sea trial. We’ve been here this time since September 1. We’d hoped to leave for our next destination tomorrow but we have a few more boat repairs that need to be completed, we need to install the radar, and we still need to obtain clearance from the Seychelles government.

Our friend, Jason Kuhlman, will arrive later today and will be joining us on our first passage. More on that later, but suffice it to say that our initial destination is the Med.

So now you are up to date on our current situation. We plan to submit several posts talking about how we got to this point. Watch for those to drizzle in as we find signal.