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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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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