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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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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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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