It has been a few months in planning and it is not officially a go until the sails are set. Which is entirely in the literal sense. I fly to Australia in late March with the tentative, but incredibly optimistic plan to board a sailboat and try my hand at seafaring. The sailboat is the Berrimilla2 of Sydney, Australia, owned and skippered by Alex Whitworth. I have known Alex for several years and spent a bit of time on the Berri with him while in Oz back in December and January. I don't remember exactly who came up with the idea, but the plans are now coming together and my lists are gradually being checked off. I will post more as the details unfurl. Alex's blog is on the Berrimilla website. While on board we will both be posting to the Berri Blog: http://berrimilla.com/wordpress/category/latestposts/
