This is my first post here and I thought I would give you an idea of the voyage that lies ahead of me. If I say it quickly, then it is no trouble at all - so here goes.
We shall leave from the UK at the beginning of July 2011 and deliver 'Wild Song' to Madeira. After a short spell at home I shall then take her to Uruguay via Cape Verde and Brazil.
Next season I will head south, hoping to transit the Beagle Channel and cruise the Patagonian channels northwards towards Puerto Montt.
The following season we shall strike off in the Pacific heading, we hope, to a lonely little atoll on the far western fringe of that Ocean. We have reasons for choosing this destination which will become clear.
Then, how do we get home? How about this for an idea? We sail the Pacific rim round to Alaska, then to Vancouver/ Seattle where the boat is lifted, hauled across the Rockies and dropped into the Great Lakes. Thence, homeward.
I repeat, easier to say than to achieve but it is better to set off with a grand plan than no plan at all. Some stages will be sailed by me alone; Libby will join for legs when her busy working life allows, and doubtless some sailing slaves will be pressed into service. Cast off date is set for early July 2011.