Bumfuzzle
I know that some of you are wondering what our day-to-day lives are going to be like when we are “out there.” Well, I want to recommend a fantastic log maintained by another young couple (younger than we are, actually) who are circumnavigating over almost exactly the same course over almost exactly the same schedule.  The difference is that they have a three year headstart, which means that they are presently in the Mediterranean, sailing from Turkey to Greece.
They are Pat and Ali from Minneapolis/Chicago and their boat is named Bumfuzzle. This is a great boat name and a great couple.  Their web site is www.bumfuzzle.com. We’re hoping to meet up with them this winter in the Caribbean, just before they finish their voyage in Florida.
A lot of pself-pstyled (and pself-important) pseudo-psalty psailors have their knickers in a twist over Pat and Ali.  They left on this journey without decades of experience, without excessive psuffering and drama, and without the kind of “authentic” credibility that many of these pseudo-psalty psailors seem to require.  As a result, they have often been psavaged by armchair idiots/poseurs who enjoy a Pussers on the rocks from the comfort of their insurance-agency office in Milwaukee while they lament how sailing has gone “to the birds” because actual pself-psupporting, attractive young people are out doing it while the critics are still at home.  It’s quite psilly, actually.
We think their journey is fantastic. We think their site is fantastic.  We root for them constantly. We strongly encourage you to check out their website for (a) some insight into what our lives will be like and (b) some great entertainment.  They have done a fantastic and entertaining job of communicating the essentials of what their trip is all about.
This is not to say our journey will be the same. Obviously, there will be some stark differences (for starters, think Michelin stars vs. McDonald’s).  There are things that I already know that we disagree about (e.g. catamarans vs. monohulls). But, on balance, I must say that they have been a major inspiration to us and I hope that you will enjoy reading their site as much as we have.  For that matter, I secretly hope that they will enjoy reading our site as much as we have enjoyed reading theirs. Fair Winds, Ali and Pat!