Over christmas, i caught up with a Andrew Cully who was at University with me. We have a lot in common and during the last 11 years have become great friends. Rusty, Andrew and myself travelled all around India together being hippies.

Andrew is a Skipper of amazing sailing yachts. He has sailed all around the world. I am very jealous. One day, Andy has promised to take us sailing around the Med or the Caribbean or just on the Solent. I would fly all of us to him and he would show us what he does. He gets to travel on nice jets and he is now the proud skipper of a brand new boat which is being built in Finland, the boat is not cheap, £6 million. So as pilot, you are pilot in command, and Andy below is Skipper.

He is a avid supporter of freedom in the air, and like us in aviation, he has a terrific website for the sailing community. His website is about classic yachts

You can follow his progress for the routing from Finland to New Zealand via his blog

Andy, Jenna, Andy & Amy are preparing for a voyage that will kick off when they get ‘their’ yacht (handover date July 4th, 2008) and then embark on a voyage…….. destination: New Zealand

Provisional itinerary:
Leave Finland: July 4th – 2008
South Coast UK: End July/August
Canary Islands: October
Atlantic crossing: November
Antigua/Carribean islands: December/ January 2009
Panama Canal: End January 2009
Galapagos Islands: End March
Pacific Islands: May – October
New Zealand: November 2008

She is a Swan 82(s), being 82′(about 25m) in length, like the one below