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It鈥檚 our boat-aversey!
29 Dec 2019

It鈥檚 our boat-aversey!

T W O years ago to the date, we moved onto our floating home in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to pursue a dream of sailing through the Bahamas and Caribbean.聽Well folks, we are doing it!!! 馃檪 Our travels in 2019 have brought gratitude for some of the smallest things, and a realization of some huge wonders [

Sint Eustatius: an island out of time
27 Dec 2019

Sint Eustatius: an island out of time

Our passage over to Sint Eustatius, locally known as Statia (Stay-sha), was anything but as predicted. Starting with a Mega yacht traffic jam coming out of the Simpson Bay lagoon where we were greeted with rain showers and squalls right after raising the sails followed by a brief engine fail and end

ST. Martin / ST. Maarten: a land with two faces
22 Dec 2019

ST. Martin / ST. Maarten: a land with two faces

After weeks of preparation and a relaxing Thanksgiving in BVI, the forecast finally called for a good window to cross the Anegada Passage over to St. Martin. We staged up at our fav, Cooper island and waited for our 5pm departure, a 13 hr/ 85 NM journey. It was a motoring event only but we were

BVI: Exploring Nature’s little Secret
5 Nov 2019

BVI: Exploring Nature’s little Secret

Island time rules in the British Virgin Islands! Every spot has its own flavor and flair, if you want to party, there is always a place to party. If you want to relax, plenty of that as well.聽We spent the full 30 days of our cruising permit island hopping and FINALLY SAILING! After a wild […

St. John: A Heart for the “Love City”
18 Jul 2019

St. John: A Heart for the “Love City”

We’ve been all over St. Thomas and the British Virgin Islands for the past two months and St. John has been our favorite! We just keep gravitating back here. St. John may be the smallest of the 3 U.S. Virgin Islands but it is strikingly beautiful! 60% of the island is taken up by the […

Smooth Sailing in ST. Thomas
16 Jul 2019

Smooth Sailing in ST. Thomas

We鈥檝e been in the Virgin Islands for nine weeks! Incredibly grateful that we’ve been able to call the VI’s “home” for the remainder of our second cruising season. To think back, 7 months ago this was just a goal, a dream, a plan we’d hoped to achieve. It wasn’t

Golden Hour
28 Mar 2019

Golden Hour

Who doesn’t love a beautiful sunset? There鈥檚 something about the world being bathed in that red and yellow light that makes everything look extra magical 馃檪 Today, I got a notification on my phone reminding me that we’ve been liveaboards for FIVE HUNDRED DAYS!! Holy moly that’s

PASSAGES: DR North Coast & Mona Passage
17 Mar 2019

PASSAGES: DR North Coast & Mona Passage

With weather finally favorable and our despacho in hand it was time to leave Luper贸n! We spent over two weeks here thinking we may never get a good weather window to leave so saying goodbye to this perfect hurricane hole and cheap street food was bittersweet. Can’t say we weren’t d

Luper贸n: The Perfect Hurricane Hole
11 Mar 2019

Luper贸n: The Perfect Hurricane Hole

Hola! Get comfy there’s LOTS to cover here! It’s been 3 weeks since we crossed over to the Dominican Republic.聽Luper贸n to be exact! A cruising destination I once said, “Ooh, we are not going there!” Last season so-and-so聽said “customs people with large guns will boar