What the Heck are You Doing Brenda?

I don't have a photo of the yacht yet. I know it's about 20 years old and it hasn't been used much over the years. I know it's moored (is that how you spell that? - see how much I know about sailing!) in Hawaii, it's 55 feet and according to Jules and Louis, it's packed to the gunnels with STUFF.

The owner of the boat is a retired CEO from Georgia in America, called Jerry. The team consists of Jerry, of course, Louis, the Texan 50yrs, Jules from Sydney 54 yrs, me 41 yrs and another guy originally from Alaska but currently in Vietnam. He's a chef and a dive instructor and about 25 years old.

The route starts in the Hawaiian Islands. We then sail west to the Marshall Islands where we'll probably have Christmas.

Then it's other various islands one of which is called Guam, which alot of people have heard of. Next we reach the Phillipines. At some point I'll get off and come home while the rest will keep on going to Singapore.

My job will be to scrub the decks, clean toilets, cook ocassionally, learn to sail, stand watch, navigate and do all the other things that crew do that I don't even know about yet. But, I'll also be swimming, snorkelling, visiting communities on the islands, photographing and blogging. Hopefully I'll get to read a book or two, too. Oh, and I'll also be sick as a dog with seasickness!

So that's kind of it in a nutshell. At least that's what I think it is. Stay posted for the real story...