Hey Everyone,
Tomorrow morning at 8:30 ill be heading out of Hartford on US Air to Miami to meet up with my crew and Topher. Topher is already in Miami, and probably sleeping under a bridge or bush because apparently it is raining down there. Actually, the skipper told us there is bad weather in the Caribbean right now, so we probably won't be setting sail til Monday. Oh, I guess for those of you who don't know what the plan is for this trip I should probably let you know. For those who have been around me in the past few weeks, I'm sorry for only talking about these plans.
Our plan is to sail out of Miami on a 36 foot Catalina sailboat. We found the boat on a drug trafficking website. They said they needed some crew to feed the cocaine fever in Miami, so we are going to help with the American deficit some and export some cocaine to Europe. If only. Actually we found our fearless skipper Grant Sooby on a sailing forum. I have only talked with him on the phone but he seems to be a nice Australian guy looking for a way to get back to his home of the UK. He couldn't figure a better way to get home than to buy a 1988 sailboat, and sail over. The route starts in Miami, then to the Bahamas, to Bermuda, to the Azores of Portugal, and finally to the UK. Once Topher and I are there, we are going to go directly towards any shiny metal objects, preferable ones that sparkle.
The rest of the crew includes a guy our age named Owen, and a French guy named Dimitri. Thats all I know, but I'm going to be meeting them tomorrow and spening the next five weeks with them trapped on a 36 foot floating platform. I guess I'll take my time getting to know them.
I'll be taking pictures with my SLR and editing and uploading them to this website whenever possible. In the beginning you're going to have to wait until we get to each island for a post, but once we're in Europe it should be more often.
Well I gotta be up in 4 hours, so im going to bed.
2 comments:
i'm pumped, i'm drunk, and i'm first. good luck guys, safe voyages, and i better see some kick ass pictures.
-frank
Hey Alex-YOU NEVER SAID GOODBYE! Remember-What you do, comes back to you is really a universal truth!I heard it in other countries in other laguages. It is a smaller world than you realize. Sometimes you run into things for a reason that is not obvious at the time. We see you are the hiking type on the photo on your home blog page! Well, it sounds as though Topher is going to have to save you when you are out traveling. Just remember-Keep an eye on each other! Well-We gave Topher some thing for you & you never even e-mailed us. It is strange, but, I thought you would be flying on first class as I read Topher's blog on how adveturous his travel already has become. Don't forget to keep your eye on him & not just on that camera! The garden is two feet high. Maybe when you return to say goodbye then you might be able to eat a ripe tomatoe. They are better tasting than any tomatoes that you come across. Take care.
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