Exodus
Five aboard

The crew

Two of us, two dogs, and a fish who has no idea what he's signed up for.

Erik and Tara

Erik and Tara.

Erik

Skipper · projects

Does the refit, the wiring, and the jobs that involve crawling somewhere unpleasant with a headtorch. Runs proper marine electronics and a Raspberry Pi side by side, mostly out of stubbornness about who owns the data.

Tara

Co-skipper

Half of this whole plan, and the reason it's happening rather than being talked about from a dock for another twenty years.

Tara with Toby and Nelly on the foredeck

Tara and the crew on the foredeck.

The rest of them

Outnumbering us three to two

Toby and Nelly on the dock

Toby and Nelly, dressed for the weather.

Toby

Dog

Crew. Has opinions about the dinghy.

Nelly

Dog

Crew. Also has opinions about the dinghy, and about Toby.

Daryl

Betta fish

The only one of us who was already living in water before any of this was somebody's idea. Lowest maintenance, best sea legs.

Toby and Nelly under a blanket aboard

Off watch.

The plan

Short version

Finish the refit. Quit the jobs. Sell what doesn't fit aboard. Leave next winter and keep going as long as we can go.

A circumnavigation if Exodus will carry us that far — and as far as we get if she won't. We'd rather try and find out.

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