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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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 12/25/2022 - 1/1/2023 We went for a swim off the back of the boat before sailing over to Christmas Cove. The trip took us a couple of hours, but we had a blast! The wind was strong, and the seas were sloppy, but our family seemed to enjoy the action… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 12/18/2022 - 12/25/2022 Caribbean roti has South Asian roots. It’s similar to an Indian naan, chapati, or paratha served with curried or stewed meat and vegetables. We’d gotten a recommendation on where to go, so we took the dinghy downtown… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 12/11/2022 - 12/18/2022 We’ve spent our days relaxing and our evenings having cocktails with friends. It feels like a dream! At least once a day, we both say out loud, “I love it here.” ? We get a little boat maintenance done here and there, but Sabado has been well-behaved…
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At 4 pm, Ray gets an email from our weather router, looks up at me, and says, “we’re leaving tomorrow at 7 am.” We both spring into action. I start prepping food for our first few days at sea, knowing they’d be bumpy and we’d want something easy. Ray starts putting his tools away and filling our jer…
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