Willy has just completed his second year at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine and this summer is working towards getting his 200 Ton Mates License. Sarah is just finishing her first year at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. She is focusing on experiential high school english education. [...] We met at the Southport Yacht Club when we were little and have spent many summers sailing together.

Our plan is to depart the coast of Maine this October and make our way down the East Coast. We plan on spending time exploring the Chesapeake Bay and will take the intracoastal waterway to Florida. From there we will head over to the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and hopefully as far as the Dominican [...]

Republic. We have both had the desire to set out on a trip like this for quite sometime. Sarah comes from a cruising background, her family setting out on a six-month trip to the Caribbean at the age of nine which gave birth to a 5 year circumnavigation beginning at the age of 11. We have both decided that it's important to explore our world and follow our dreams. A year ago we began leafing through magazines, looking at used boats, with a completely open mindset to whatever would present itself. We both feel that we are at the right point in our lives to embark on an adventure such as this-we are young and it is possible, so why not?