A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 7/30/2023 - 8/6/2023 We woke up Thursday morning to a message from Nick: their flight had been canceled, and the airline had put them up in a hotel until Saturday! ? So, we all agreed to have “one last group dinner” #3 the next night… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 7/23/2023 - 7/30/2023 I counted it all: he gave us 27 mangos, 10 star fruits, 1 bunch of bananas, 1 papaya, 12 limes, 1 soursop, and 4 bundles of guaya… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 7/16/2023 - 7/23/2023 We had decided to start paddling when a local on a boat nearby saw us struggling and came over in his dinghy to help. He offered to tow us, but we told him we had no money to give him in exchange. He chuckled and said, “Don’t matter. How’d all that mon…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 7/9/2023 - 7/16/2023 On my way back to the boat, I saw a small octopus. I’d never seen one outside of an aquarium; I was so excited!? It seemed to be holding onto (or maybe eating?) something long and white… (read more)…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 6/25/2023 - 7/2/2023 Hi! Have you seen our latest YouTube video? Monday morning, we took…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 6/18/2023 - 6/26/2023 Gooooood morning! I apologize for being a day late this week. I was…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 6/11/2023 - 6/18/2023 Later that afternoon, as we sat down for lunch, two men dinghied up to our boat. They didn’t speak much English, but the second Ray made out the word “help,” he climbed in, and they zoomed off. I kept a close eye on them from Sabado. They pulled up to…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 6/4/2023 - 6/11/2023 Despite our high hopes (and 2-3ft following seas in the forecast), we were met with 6ft waves coming from two different directions across our bow, resulting in a pretty miserable day. We were able to sail, but the wind was forcing us in a different dire…
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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 5/21/2023 - 5/28/2023 I was making dinner, holding onto every ingredient so it wouldn’t go flying off the counter when I heard a slew of curse words coming from the cockpit. I looked up to see Ray running to the helm. He shut off our starboard engine. I plopped dinner into…
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