Our first Blog

Welcome to our BLOG (which I undersand is short for weB LOG).
We couldn't be more excited to enter this new (that tells you how up to date with things we really are) medium with which to share our thoughts and ideas. Our hopes and dreams. And the progress we make on this journey of life.

We are writing this first blog from the salon of the SolMate, our 45' Morgan center cockpit sloop. We are tied up at a little marina on the Bull River, on the coast of Savannah, Georgia. Listening to some John Denver and Bob Marley with the crackle of the VHF in the background. There are storms moving in and that usually generates some interesting traffic on channel 16. Just finished dinner and our Portuguese Water Dog, Bella, is laid out flat on the cabin sole. She is bushed from the days activities- a dinghy ride up the river to gawk at the beautiful homes on Whitemarsh Island and a feable attempt to catch a fish or two (yes, I actually caught a speckled trout- yeah, just one; then I got hung up and lost my tackle which was the end of fishing for the day)

As our family and closest friends know, Carryn and I have fostered the dream of taking a sabbatical from the rat race. Not sure where it started, but sometime around 2002, I picked up an interest in sailing. After reading seemingly all that was written about the subject, we went on the hunt for the perfect "first sailboat". More about that later, but after over 6 years and our second boat, we are really picking up steam on our quest to let loose the dock lines and venture into another less scripted chapter of our life.

As this is our first installment of our Blog, I will save all the details for future installments. But suffice to say, we are looking forward to sharing with all our family and friends. Time to freshen up my Rum and Coke, and get out into the cockpit to enjoy the breeze and catch the last minutes of sunset.

We'll get back to you soon.
B,C&B