Episode 1 - The Voyage Begins The whole trip was rushed. We were running late getting to Guatemala, and started the trip all wrong. From there the trip only ...

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so this past spring my father-in-law

bill ended up sending this message to us

saying so what do you think about a

circumnavigation

how are you doing trip

it's good at this point everyone who you

know well all three of the kids have

been seasick really really bad yesterday

you know the day before yesterday and

yesterday and today everyone's finally

starting to feel better sales weren't

very effective

and have been sailing along in sight

we are

86 degrees point a six threes for 6.92

well five Souls Alan Ford Regina steed

for daily for dwelleth fort and Elise

Estill ages 43 38

16 14 story for this look like oh no

control over the vessel at all 21

degrees twenty two point eight three for

North 8 6 degrees for six point nine two

two West we need help immediately anyone

anyone at all if you can hear me please

respond

emergency emergency emergency

sailing vessel itís going ashore on this

look like we have crossed the barrier

island we are going ashore in 3/10 of a

mile making about or not

five songs aboard

our position 21 degrees twenty two point

eight to three North 86 degrees forty

six point eight seven four West can

anyone hear me please respond if you can

hear me please

well we went ashore last night we lost

both anchors about a mile east of an

unnamed barrier island and probably 30

or 40 knots of wind and waves of an

unknown height was greater than 10 feet

we went across the barrier island and

came up on the mainland we're about six

or seven miles north of Juarez Mexico

we're all fine the boat seems pretty

much undamaged I hopped off about a half

an hour ago and went and found some

people and gave them copies or

ships paperwork and and passports and

ask them to contact the local

authorities and let them know that we

were here my intention is to get a hold

of everybody up north and let them know

where we are and what's going on and get

the assistance that we're going to need

to deal with this situation it was a

really scary night I anxiety and all

that but we're good

you know we're fine we're safe and now

it's just a case to make it sure that

we've got so what do we need to make to

do what comes next and figure this out

so anyway chances are we'll be seeing

police or immigration in the next hour

or so if I had to guess

and we'll move on so whatever our next

step things you know whether it's

staying on the boat here on the beach

and then we can get to it off and it's a

couple of days hotel or whatever you

know kind of I want to get into Isla

Mujeres regardless cuz I at least know

that area and I think that the bond will

be relatively easy to get off the beach

based on how she's up and how shallow

she is so we'll see first damage goes we

broke our steering but that's something

that I actually have everything on board

to fix right now our engine is spelled

defunct well once this weather calms I

think we'll be alright this seems to be

a tropical storm - which of course we

didn't get any weather report on because

we don't speak Spanish

not probably our biggest mistake but

yeah we had 8 o'clock last night I

checked all the judge Club anchor roads

and they were fine didn't even seem to

be taping that much and then sometime

between 8 p.m. and midnight shifts time

they both snapped and and he went ashore

it was one of the most terrifying

experiences I think any of us have ever

been through

I'm grateful for my wife's choice and

strong sturdy shallow boat that allowed

us to come ashore safely and attacked

Lily was absolutely phenomenal last

night kelly was doing her absolute best

that she was great

Anna was fantastic Regina my first mate

was right on point I think we handled

the situation really well considering

all the stresses at home

I still need to find the logbook and

update it yeah that's it

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