Dreams do come true.  We have dreamt of sailing around the world for many years - and now we are living that dream on board "Esprit" - a Kelly Peterson 46 foot cutter rigged sloop.

Chay McWilliam is Captain of Esprit, Katie McWilliam is First Mate, and Jamie (11) is crew.

We waited until Jamie was 6 years old to embark on this adventure so that Jamie would be of an age and mind to remember and enjoy it, and before we get too old to do it!

Our adventure began on the Baja HaHa Rally in October 2003 and then cruising Mexico on our own.   While cruising, we home school Jamie with Calvert - but what a better education for all of us than traveling and exploring new places and meeting new people.  We have worked our way south through central america to Ecuaduor, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America.  We left April 14, 2006 from the Galapagos for the 3000 mile trip to the Marquesas and arrived in Fatu Hiva on May 8, 2006 - a 24 day passage!  After 5 weeks in the Marquesas, we moved on to the Tuamotus, Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, and Bora Bora.  We left Bora Bora in September 2006 for Tonga where spent 6 weeks anchorage hopping before making the tough passage to New Zealand where we made landfall on November 13, 2006!  What a great feeling to stuck to a goal and achieved it - after 3 years!  It is now May 2008 and we are departing New Zealand for another cruising season in Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Australia.