S/V Velella: It's 95 degrees today

THE CRUEL BEAUTY OF THE SALT WORLD, THE BARNACLE’S TINY KNIVES, THE SHARP SPINE OF THE URCHIN, THE STINGER OF THE SUN JELLY, THE CLAW OF THE CRAB

Saturday, May 30, 2009

We're laying in the hot hot sun at Prescott's parents' place and now finally I'm feeling ready to revisit this memory:

Prescott, Meghan, and Andrew: Seattle, WA, United States; Prescott Harvey, Meghan Cleary, and Andrew Marsters, all UPS alumni who barely knew each other in college, form Velella's unlikely crew. Meghan has spent the last four years as a book editor, Andrew manages a construction company, and Prescott, after a stint in the LA film industry, has returned to Seattle to work in marketing and communications. Over the course of the next few months, we will ramp up the outfitting of our little ship in preparation for a six-month journey down the Pacific coast and into the Caribbean. This online ship's log is the record of our escapades. We hope that friends and family will enjoy reading about it and find comfort in understanding what all goes into the preparation.