Neville from Southampton England and Catherine from Belfast Northern Ireland met in 1990 in England and were married in 1996 in New York City.  Neville started i&D, an advertising and design business, in 1997 and still works remotely from the boat with the support of the i&D team back in the New York Headquarters.  In 1994 Neville sailed from Australia to Italy and chronicles his adventures in a book that was published by Vanguard Press in 2002. Dream Time is now in its second printing. Catherine initially came to the US as a nanny, for a position that required her to carry a firearm and have a concealed weapons license, and after that she opted for a Corporate Real Estate position at Bertelsmann and Random House where she stayed until 2007. She has also spent time in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) while living in England.

Both Neville and Catherine became Licensed US Coast Guard Captains in 2007 and have sailed together on Dream Time for 7 years preparing for this trip, including two round trips from New York to Bermuda, extensive sailing in the Long Island and Block island Sounds, coastal cruising and a summer in the Chesapeake Bay. Neville and Catherine both became US citizens.