A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 8/14/2022 - 8/21/2022 We got soaked. The wind picked up. We put a second reef in the main, and the wind instantly began to die. We rolled our eyes, shook out that second reef, and brought the jib back out. Conditions were changing so quickly that I… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 8/7/2022 - 8/14/2022 The boat had smoke billowing around it, every boater's worst nightmare. We called them on the radio and told them we could put the dinghy in the water if they needed us, but the marina staff and fire department… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 7/31/2022 - 8/7/2022 Unfortunately, it did not go off without a hitch- our chart plotter didn’t work. We turned it off and back on again and were repeatedly met with a blank screen. ? We momentarily thought the multiple lightning storms we… (read more)…
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At any given moment, something on Sabado is broken. Even though we’re the first owners, she’s still a relatively new boat, and we take excellent care of her; she’s still a boat! Imagine tossing your house into the ocean- the motion of the waves, the salt, constant sun exposure, and wind… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 6/26/2022 - 7/3/2022 Ray and I prefer remote, empty anchorages. We like being on the move, existing in a constant state of unfamiliarity. We like being self-sufficient, making our own power and water, relying on our anchor and our meticulously calculated decisions regarding…
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We headed to the airport- straight from marina happy hour- and flew down to the US Virgin Islands to help deliver a boat back up to Georgia. Unfortunately, the delivery fell through at the last minute, so Ray and I were forced to… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 5/29/2022 - 6/5/2022 We ate and drank our way through just about everything on the menu at Reid’s Apothecary, tracked down the best hot dog in town (spoiler alert: it's from two dudes with a folding table in a parking lot), and took the dinghy out to… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 5/22/2022 - 5/29/2022 I tackled the inside of the boat while Ray got started on the cockpit! I really should’ve taken a before picture, but Ray did a fantastic job scrubbing away some stubborn mold on our mesh sunshades and… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 5/15/2022 - 5/22/2022 We were happily sailing along until we heard a strange thud. Ray walked around the boat to investigate before realizing it had come from the helm. Our main halyard had slipped through the clutch. It looked like 4 inches or so of the line… (read more)…
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