A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 5/14/2023 - 5/21/2023 The following day I was practically launched out of bed. A southerly swell had taken over last night’s calm refuge. We had to move again. At this point, we were starting to feel like Goldilocks: this mooring field has too little wind, this anchorage ha…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 4/30/2023 - 5/7/2023 The morning of our wedding, we moved Sabado over to Leverick Bay. It was a short trip, but we took our time and put the sails up. ⛵️ Being able to sail our home to our wedding destination with all our loved ones was an experience we will cherish forever…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 4/16/2023 - 4/23/2023 By lunchtime, Ray had the generator up and running again- my hero! Now that we’ve experienced this, we will update our maintenance plans for the system. Running it with a higher load (that our new power/charging system provides) and checking the filter…
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Last week we sailed to St. Croix for a change of scenery. It was a beautiful ~5.5hr sail with 15- 20kn of wind. Our average SOG was 7.5kn! Unfortunately, we were welcomed by a storm that hung around for the next few days… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 3/26/2023 - 5/2/2023 That night Ray and I decided at the last minute to host everyone for dinner on Sabado. We dug through our fridge and turned groceries for two into dinner for five… (read more)…
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Our professional solar upgrade and lithium battery installation were completed. If you are considering a project like this, expect to pay $35-45K. We hired STT Marine Services. We hauled out at Bobby’s Megayard in St. Maarten. The haul and launch cost… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 3/19/2023 - 3/26/2023 Unfortunately, the anchorage was rough. We scoured our charts for another option but couldn’t find anything we were interested in with good holding and adequate protection. We had planned on staying in St. Maarten for at least another week, but after b…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 3/12/2023 - 3/19/2023 By Thursday, Peter had removed all 25 (yes, 25!!!) thru hulls on Sabado and taken them to his shop. Upon inspection, he discovered many brass and some stainless fittings in pretty bad condition... (read more)…
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We spent the past two and a half weeks on the dock in St. Thomas while Sabado underwent a few major upgrades. Living on the boat while the work was going on was… stressful. There were a couple of days when we had no power, and the boat looked like a construction zone… (read more)…
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