Season 1

With little time to deal with the increasing feelings of overwhelm, all boat projects are put on hold to prepare for Tropical Storm Eta’s landfall in the Florida Keys. This was our first tropical storm in the sailboat (one that proved a bit difficult to predict). And while it’s hard to know exactly what to…

Herb makes a mattress for the V-berth just before Heather arrives to see (and stay on) the sailboat for the first time since the remodeling began. We get a much deserved, week-long vacation away from boat projects and work. Come along as we head down Highway 1 for Key West, Florida, (the Conch Republic) in…

We finally complete the Anchor Locker project by assembling the primary anchor – marking chain, attaching rode, and loading it all onboard! For added safety and flexibility, we also utilize the old hardware to set up for anchor #3… which is just about the time the water pump fails.   Without a spare water pump…

We’re making the new Bimini Frame in the episode and taking a road trip across the Dominican Republic to explore Santo Domingo – visiting with fellow cruisers and searching for boat supplies (mostly polyester resin for the coming bimini hardtop!) It all starts with the old bimini coming down. To tell the full story, we’re…

We’ve paused our sailing adventures for hurricane season – Let the Sailboat Projects begin! In this episode we haul out and start making boat repairs and adjustments – frequently asking one another, “can we fix it?” Of course… yes… probably… what are we fixing again? We’ve decided to spend hurricane season hiding out at Ocean…

In this episode, we’re departing the Turks and Caicos Islands for the Dominican Republic… which turns out to be easier said than done. An overnight sail hides squalls in the darkness and a fouled prop in 12,000 feet of water separates Garuda from our buddy boats – leaving us wondering whether we will make it…

In this episode we consider recent sailing tragedies and, if we encountered trouble, how we might be rescued. Sealife strikes, Gladis Killer Whales, and errant sea containers immediately come to mind, but certainly there are other forms of danger out here… When we last left you, we were sailing near Mayaguana, Bahamas into the night…

Embracing the unknown… I’m finding that easier said than done. Some might think that a life at sea is all sunsets and rum drinks, but it’s far more challenging than that. And when things don’t seem to be going my way, I get really frustrated. I’m sure this goes without saying, but when you live…

  It get’s lonely out here in the Lower Bahamas after Georgetown… which is sometimes a good thing… and sometimes not. We’ve been “stuck” off Long Island, Bahamas waiting for a weather window to continue our progress through the Lower Bahamas and on towards the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are worse places to be…