Transiting the Panama Canal on our Sailing Catamaran (February 2024)
The line handlers tied the messenger lines to our rental lines, and before we knew it, the doors began to close behind us… (read more)…
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Passage Diary: Saint Martin to Panama (Day 7-9)
We were enveloped by the scent of warm, wet dirt a few miles out. The smell of land is so pungent after an extended period offshore… (read more)…
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Passage Diary: Saint Martin to Panama (Day 4-6)
The moon didn’t rise until 11:30pm that night, so most of my shift was pitch black, revealing the millions of stars overhead. I got up for a snack and noticed these huge glowing balls shooting out of our stern in our wake… (read more)…
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Passage Diary: Saint Martin to Panama (Day 1-3)
There’s nothing quite like waking up to dolphins playing around the bow at sunrise. I skipped up front, squealing with excitement. It just never gets old… (read more)…
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January 2024: Behind the Scenes
We hauled out at Bobby’s Megayard in Sint Maarten. The haul, launch, and storage cost $1,344.00. Additional work was as follows… (read more)…
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Sabado is Back in the Water!
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/7/2024 - 1/14/2024 Monday and Tuesday were a blur of contractors, coming and going as needed to complete the last of our scheduled work on Sabado before we went back in the water… (read more)…
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Happy New Year! An update from Sabado & crew…
We hauled Sabado out of the water on December 20th and flew out to spend the holidays with our family in Mexico… (read more)…
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December 2023: Behind the Scenes
After going up the mast, Ray was able to identify the problem: a missing pin in the shackle. In preparation for our Pacific crossing and future remote cruising, we purchased a Portable 115V- High Output (cased) Rainman Watermaker for… (read more)…
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