Who We Are...

We are two women who met through a mutual friend and discovered we both wanted to "sail around". We worked in corporate America with all the hustle and bustle and stress. We wanted to see the world but not as a traveler that flies in and stays at a hotel or resort. We wanted to meet locals and learn of what it is like living remote and truly off the grid. We wanted to see the uninhabited beauty that we saw only saw on TV shows as a kid - Jacques Cousteau, Wild Kingdom,  National Geographic. We wanted to do this by boat. To challenge ourselves personally, by making long passages-and because we could.

Susan - I started sailing Sunfish's as a kid, then moved up to Hobie Cats and got involved in racing them. On a move to Boston I decided to join a sailing club to learn more about sailing bigger boats and get charter certified. One of the courses for the charter certification was a weekend "cruise". The sail to Provincetown was an overnighter with watch schedules, navigating the stars, and the sounds of the water against the hull. I was hooked! Much better than getting all wet in a Hobie! I mean you could have hot coffee while underway-very civilized. I decided then to buy my own boat. I loved day sailing and week long cruises along the New England coast. I could picture myself retiring and just cruising along the east coast, Caribbean, and the Bahamas. I had always thought it would be too hard and bold to just take off for the South Pacific. Meeting Laura and realizing we shared a dream to "sail around" changed that thought just a tad. We use the term "sail around" loosely because it mentally gives us the flexibility to go where ever we feel like when ocean voyaging. Now there were two of us. Although it still seemed a bit scary, at least we were in it together, and our confidence grows with every mile logged. 

Laura - Sailed for over 20 years. Sailed Marblehead and New England and Cape Cod area. Grew up on the north shore of Boston. Worked as a sales manager in the marine and textile industry. And... Always had the dream of sailing off into the sunset.