The bottom of our cockpit fridge has rusted and crumbled. The entire drawer needs to be replaced, which will cost around $1,000. We will likely wait and take the opportunity to upgrade to a freezer/ice maker combo unit later. We paid $7.04 per foot per night to stay at Crown Bay Marina in St. Thomas…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 2/12/2023 - 2/19/2023 They removed our wind turbines, making room for the new solar panels. The carpenter began modifying the compartment under our bed to accommodate our new batteries that will nearly double our capacity… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 2/5/2023 - 2/12/2023 We woke up the following day and noticed our low-battery alarms were about to go off. We were frustrated and confused. We had run our engine for 2hrs the day before and had only one refrigerator plugged in! Our current batteries were becoming more and m…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/29/2023 - 2/5/2023 I saw him turn on the outside lights, so I got up to make sure everything was okay. We had left the dinghy in the water overnight, and one of the painters was stuck on what we assumed to be Sabado’s propeller. We got the boat hook out and tried to free…
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The block for our jib sheet broke and caused the line cover to chafe. We replaced the block and repaired the portion of the affected line. The replacement block was $120, and we had to sail back to St. Thomas to get it. A friend let us borrow their car, so we didn’t need to pay for a taxi to pick it…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/22/2023 - 1/29/2023 We discussed the details of our upcoming battery upgrade over coffee: to keep the wind turbines or get rid of them? To install two new batteries or three? Under our bed or somewhere else? Should we do a solar upgrade as well… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/15/2023 - 1/22/2023 We woke up bright and early the next day to sail to Anegada. The trip took us ~2.5-3 hours, and Sabado performed so well. We flew the gennaker almost the entire time and our average speed was 7.5-8kn! Ray and I had a blast… (read more)…
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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 to take a look and was greeted by two turtles swimming right alongside our boat! I called Ray over, and we both… (read more)…
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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 lowered davit arm and forcing Ray’s foot off. He went down, with his upper body making contact with the sugar scoop and… (read more)…
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