Pacific Crossing Day 2: It’s a Marathon not a Sprint
We were hauling ass. With 15-17kn of wind, Sabado was cruising along at 8.5kn, flying up to 10kn+ as we surfed down waves… (read more)…
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Pacific Crossing Day 1: The Wait is Over!
Reports of partially submerged debris along the Panamanian coastline damaging boats made us hesitant to leave without enough time to get substantially offshore before sunset. So… (read more)…
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Applying for a French Polynesia Long Stay Visa from Panama
As Americans, we would typically be given a 90-day visa upon arrival in French Polynesia. However, we hope to stay for over a year exploring the region’s 121 islands. So, we applied for a long-stay visa on February 15th, 2024… (read more)…
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Transiting the Panama Canal on our Sailing Catamaran (February 2024)
The line handlers tied the messenger lines to our rental lines, and before we knew it, the doors began to close behind us… (read more)…
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Passage Diary: Saint Martin to Panama (Day 7-9)
We were enveloped by the scent of warm, wet dirt a few miles out. The smell of land is so pungent after an extended period offshore… (read more)…
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Passage Diary: Saint Martin to Panama (Day 4-6)
The moon didn’t rise until 11:30pm that night, so most of my shift was pitch black, revealing the millions of stars overhead. I got up for a snack and noticed these huge glowing balls shooting out of our stern in our wake… (read more)…
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Passage Diary: Saint Martin to Panama (Day 1-3)
There’s nothing quite like waking up to dolphins playing around the bow at sunrise. I skipped up front, squealing with excitement. It just never gets old… (read more)…
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Sabado is Back in the Water!
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/7/2024 - 1/14/2024 Monday and Tuesday were a blur of contractors, coming and going as needed to complete the last of our scheduled work on Sabado before we went back in the water… (read more)…
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Happy New Year! An update from Sabado & crew…
We hauled Sabado out of the water on December 20th and flew out to spend the holidays with our family in Mexico… (read more)…
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