Episode 1: Stuck At The Start!

The gods of smooth sailing certainly are angry with us. It seems like we can never do anything smoothly. After all the problems with our preparation, all the setbacks with our production and all the money we didn't have for contingencies, we were happy to finally get on the road. Of course, as soon as Morella had her maiden voyage, she bogged Sherpa in the sand. Portentous? Absolutely. Bob fell in the water, Chuck floated back out to sea and Justin and I ran around like morons, kitted to the brim in all our awesome Helly Hansen gear, busy picking up sticks to place under the wheels to get some traction. We were now an hour late for our Hobart appointments, and Andy and Morgan (our camera dream-team) captured the whole embarrassing affair in HD, between giggles.

This little affair is pretty run of the mill for the trip, as you are going to see from week to week. In fact, it only gets worse. Still, it'd be boring if everything ran smoothly, right? So cheers to the spirit of adventure and triumph over adversity.