Gonzo's Flying Dog is the story of two penniless hitchhikers who decided to buy a sailboat, move aboard and sail down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Neither of them had ever even set foot on a sailboat, much less did they know how to sail. They hitched a ride to New Orleans, got jobs at a supermarket, saved a few thousand dollars and bought their 26-foot sloop on eBay. After traveling to Northeast, Maryland, to claim the boat, Garth and Sarah taught themselves how to sail and spent nine months making their way from the northern tip of the Chesapeake Bay to Key West, Florida.