A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 3/14/2021 - 3/21/2021 We needed to get fuel before we could leave George Town, but there was some sort of widespread fuel contamination in the area. Apparently the diesel looked like almond milk? Definitely not a good sign. We figured… (read more)…
Read more
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 3/7/2021 - 3/14/2021 The wind was still pretty strong, so we couldn’t make a dinghy ride into town to take care of our trash and propane tank that afternoon like we had hoped. Luckily, there’s a local guy here named Jamal who… (read more)…
Read more
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 2/28/2021 - 3/7/2021 The next morning we left for George Town at sunrise. It was a fun, full day of downwind sailing! We had about 10-13kn of wind all day so we weren’t moving very fast, but it was our first time… (read more)…
Read more
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 2/21/2021 - /2/28/2021 We’ve decided to haul out for hurricane season this year. We’re a bit disappointed, but with COVID closing borders left and right, our options are limited. We’ve decided to use that time to get a bunch of projects done so that… (read more)…
Read more
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 2/14/2021 - 2/21/2021 It turns out the boost pump is busted. After a brief panic period where we thought we’d have to head back to the States, we made a few calls and sorted out a very expensive and over complicated way to get… (read more)…
Read more
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 2/7/2021 - 2/14/2021 You can get your haircut or order a hotdog while you wait for your laundry, buy anything from cleaning supplies to eggs to PVC pipe from the store it’s attached to, or even take a shower and/or rent a room upstairs! Talk about… (read more)…
Read more
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/31/2021 - 2/7/2021 The worst of it hit Monday night, so we set up several alarms (one to keep track of our anchor, another to alert us if we moved outside of a set boundary, and a third to warn us if the wind went above 40kn) and monitored everything from the salon all ni…
Read more
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/24/2021 - 1/31/2021 I think my favorite conversation was with the woman on the super yacht next to us… she looked over at another sailboat that was docked a ways away, they had sent someone up their mast to do some inspections, and looks back at us and goes “do you guys c…
Read more
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/17/21 - 1/24/21 We arrived in Shroud Cay around 2pm and picked up a mooring ball. The water was beautiful, so I jumped in for a swim and dove on the mooring to make sure it was secure… (read more)…
Read more