We had planned to go on a overnight direct sail to Sint Maarten, but on the advice of our new friend Buddy we decided to veer up through “The Narrows” between St. Kitts and Nevis and day sail to a large mooring field on the Northwest side of the French island of St. Barths (Saint […]
The Island of Two Nations: Sint Maarten (Dutch) / Saint Martin (French) Read More »
Knowing we had a short sail over to the island of St. Kitts from Nevis (about 7 nm), we decided to sleep in and have a nice breakfast before raising the Jib and heading west. The winds were 10-15 directly behind us so the jib alone carried us across the Narrows and around the southwest
St. Kitts: The Mother Colony of the West Indies Read More »
We departed from Antigua for a new Caribbean country. St. Kitts and Nevis. The first island you come to heading westbound is Nevis. Nevis the smaller of the two islands comprising the nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. It earned it’s nickname, “Queen of the Caribees”, in the 18th Century because of its many sugar
Beautiful Nevis (Of St. Kitts & Nevis): Rainbows and rum Read More »
On to the beautiful quiet island of Barbuda!….well, we got a bit North, but not quite there just yet. The winds were forecasted to be a quartering head wind which with our AWS sail system should have been an upwind slog but doable. Unfortunately as the weather does, when we actually entered the Boon channel,
Stretching our Caribbean Cruising legs: To Barbuda and Back Read More »
2222 miles in just over 15 days after departing Cape Verde, the trade winds dropped us off in Antigua. Of note, it was now 4,387.2 miles from the start of our journey in Valencia, Spain! It was climatic to say the least. We had been dreaming, planning, and executing this live-aboard life for 3 years,
Sailing into our Caribbean Adventure: First Stop Antigua Read More »
Still looking for LAST MINUTE Holiday GIFTS? Here is the companion list to our “12 Things we don’t want to live without” blog! Stocking Stuffers! We are down to the wire on the gift giving season. So if you still need some fun ideas, check out some of our favorite easy, small items we use
12 More fun things we love on board: The Sailor’s stocking stuffer edition! Read More »
Santa is coming in hot. Just weeks away! Need some last minute gift ideas for the sailor in your life? Especially a live-aboard sailor? Honestly, a lot of these could be useful in land-life, RVs, etc too. As the Holidays approach, I was thinking about what to get my husband this year. We tend to
Gift Ideas for the Sailors in your life: 12 Things We Love! Read More »
There was a lot of interest in our “By the Numbers” Facebook/ Instagram post. Being that it was a social media post, I wasn’t able to expand much on the information in it. It generated a lot of questions! For instance, why even keep track of such randomness? It all started as we brainstormed ways
Sailing Across the Atlantic: By the Numbers Read More »
We had a lot of requests for our tracker musings as we crossed the Atlantic. Here they are in full! Grab a tasty cold rum cocktail and sit back and read the antics of four crazy sailors crossing a big ocean in a “little” boat! 12/10 Out of Cape Verde Off we go! And we
Atlantic Crossing (Part 2): Daily Musings from the Crew Read More »
On December 2nd, we woke up with a boat full of fuel, food and excitement. It was launch day for our crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, where we would leave land behind for almost 3 weeks then hopefully arrive in one piece in a beautiful, sunny and warm Caribbean Island. Actual destination still unknown. We
The Atlantic Crossing (Part 1): Spoiler Alert – We Didn’t Make It All The Way! Read More »