Adventure?

So, you were probably expecting a grand adventure from Tawfer and I. But really, it seems as if all we have done so far is fly to Miami and hang out on a boat. You're probably wondering what the H-E double hockey sticks (thanks sexpot) we've been doing all this time. Well Marie, you'll be happy to know that we've decided that in dire need, I will be the one who is eaten, because I'm the largest and have the most meat. But anyways, we've been doing alot of work to the boat to make her sea worthy. For example, Dimitri has been honing his belly flop skills:Grant has been working on his pole climbing:
Owen has been training on rigging tecnique:And Tawfer has been doing some light reading:Buuutttt, other than that stuff we've been fixing systems and rigging sails for the trip. We've managed to fix the bilge pump, assemble the roller furling, prepare an amergency rudder and dan buoy, fix the freshwater system and all the while eat fresh lobster and snapper for dinner.

I was told before I came here that the police system in Miami was corrupt, and I didn't believe it. But the past few days have shown that to me. If you don't have money in Miami, the police hate you. They support the interests of the rich, and oppress the freedom of those who have less. There are three different policing agencies on the water, each one trying to take away the freedom of the sea from those who use it the most. They constantly give trouble to the peaceful community of people who live on the water, even though they are the ones who are simply trying to live their lives. It is not reasonable for a city to take control of an entire bay and kick out those who cannot afford a slip alongside multi-million dollar yachts. Some forms of law enforcement do not advance the interests of all, and the city of Miami is one of them.

Thank God for freedom of speech.

We hope to set sail on Sunday night, around midnight, for the Bahamas. It is an 84 mile journey, and we don't know when the next time we will have internet access will be, but we will be sure to update from there.

From the book The Circumnavigators:
"Perhaps some of this frantic feeling today is due to the underlying insecurity of the times, the realization that the world is not only becoming overcrowded and polluted as it shrinks, but that the old personal freedoms and individual enterprises are being eroded by the emergence of monolithic politcal systems, of totalitarian communist aggresions that, once imposed, are never again thrown off, and of new welfare states that sap the initiative and dull the imagination.
"The oceans of the world are now all that remain for those who seek personal freedom and challenge. The quiet desperation of many who still cherish individualism has become a crushing anxiety to embark before it is too late."