[2][3][4] Martin sails a Grinde 27 foot double ender sloop[2] that she purchased in Connecticut and returned to Maine where she spent over a year preparing to make her seaworthy.

[5][6][7] Her goal of completing a circumnavigation started in October 2018 when she left Round Pond Maine and headed towards the Panama Canal.

[8] After spending time in the Caribbean for a year she transited the Panama Canal and entered the Pacific Ocean in May 2020.

[4][8][10] While underway Martin is an avid reader,[11] and at anchor she enjoys snorkeling, catching fish,[12] and meeting the new people.

[13] Born in New Zealand,[14] Martin grew up on boats with her parents,[15][16] first on a Cal 25, as they sailed in the south Pacific and later the Arctic where she spent time being schooled in Iceland, Norway, and Canada.