Enjoying Brewers Bay and Preparing to Head to the BVI
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/8/2023 – 1/15/2023 The next day I heard a sound off our stern while cleaning up after breakfast. I went out[…]
Hiking, Swimming with Turtles, and an Injured Captain
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/1/2023 – 1/8/2023 He was stepping from the dinghy onto Sabado when a wave hit the dinghy, moving it under the[…]
New Crew for the Holidays: Exploring St. Thomas and St. John with Family
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 12/25/2022 – 1/1/2023 We went for a swim off the back of the boat before sailing over to Christmas Cove. The[…]
Trying Caribbean Roti and Preparing for Guests!
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 12/18/2022 – 12/25/2022 Caribbean roti has South Asian roots. It’s similar to an Indian naan, chapati, or paratha served with curried[…]
Boat Life in the Caribbean
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 12/11/2022 – 12/18/2022 We’ve spent our days relaxing and our evenings having cocktails with friends. It feels like a dream! At[…]
Sabado is back in the Caribbean!
At 4 pm, Ray gets an email from our weather router, looks up at me, and says, “we’re leaving tomorrow at 7 am.” We both[…]
6 Days at Sea
The trip started with calm seas and fair winds. Unfortunately, that didn’t last long. Once we got offshore that afternoon, the clouds rolled in and[…]
A Salty Hop South
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 10/13/2022 – 10/23/2022 I sat at the helm most of the morning, acclimating to avoid getting seasick. I rarely feel ill[…]
Our Quest for a Dry Bilge Continues…
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 10/9/2022 – 10/16/2022 As boat projects usually do, the job took us all day. Ray invented several new yoga poses to[…]
Beginning Our Journey South…
(9/25/2022 – 10/9/2022) It was cold and wet, but we bundled up and decided to make another small hop South to Newport, Rhode Island. We[…]