SAILING CHE FIGATA

We soon graduated to a 46' Beneteau, adding bow thruster, generator, inner stay sail, custom interior (Jill has her priorities too!!), etc. Loved that boat and our adventures in it. Going to boat shows, we started looking for the next boat with thoughts of retirement and adventures further afield than the Long Island Sound. We fell in love with the Hylas 56-about which I am sure Jill will write copious amounts. Eventually, we made that dream a reality. In under 15 years we went from being a couple without a sailboat to full time cruisers planning a circumnavigation with the WorldARC. I am so very fortunate to have such a wonderful, adventurous and dynamic woman to share this experience with-I could never do it without her! Unfortunately for you, she decided to write a blog about it-but remember, you chose to read along, so the loss of those precious hours of your life is a self inflicted injury... We are Zack and Jill Hummel (yes, our names really are Zack & Jill). Our story has a..