What's going on here?

I'm not really sure where to start -Who are we? What are we doing? Who cares?

I think I will approach this blog as an aide-memoire for looking back on the plan we are about to embark on.  I will go into more depth at some point but the gist of it is we are a couple in our early thirties, we've bought a boat and we're completely out of our depth.  Julia works in renewable energy and I am an artist.

So couple with no sailing experience have poured their life savings into a 38 foot sailing boat, let's see what happens..

She's called Bumblebee:

Perhaps a little bit more explanation is required.