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Follow Captain Yannick’s Journey on YouTube

Posted on April 18, 2020 by

Ahoy followers! We’ve got some exciting news! Captain Yannick, whom we crossed the Atlantic Ocean with in 2016 on his 46’ Soubise Freydis s/v Andanza, just launched his own YouTube channel, sharing he and his family’s adventures aboard Andanza. I … Continue reading →

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Our Corona Crusade: Sailing Home While the World Locked Down In Our Wake!

Posted on April 9, 2020 by

It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to take the privileges and good fortune we have for granted.  While the fact that travel, dining out, attending concerts, plays, or other fun events, even meeting up with friends, old … Continue reading →

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My Scariest Moment Underwater

Posted on March 12, 2020 by

Getting up close and personal with seven-foot sand sharks at the Florida Aquarium?   No, that wasn’t it.  Let’s see … coming up on a sunken airplane and fearing I might find the dead pilot, all bloated and rotting still in the … Continue reading →

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Ever Been On a Sail You Just Want to End?

Posted on February 27, 2020 by

Phillip and I will both eagerly, happily, readily admit it: We are 100% fair-weather sailors on our boat. While there are definitely longer, more intense passages we still want to make in our lifetime—sailing around Cape Horn, for example, sailing in … Continue reading →

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The Magic of a Dinghy Ride

Posted on February 14, 2020 by

It’s not just a rubber transport, it’s more of a magic carpet.  Looking at the photos from our time at Devil’s-Hoffman in the Berry Islands, Bahamas, I felt inspired to share a little about … the magic of a dinghy ride.   … Continue reading →

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What Lurks Beneath? Overcoming My Thalassophobia at Hoffman’s Blue Hole!

Posted on January 23, 2020 by

I have a confession to make. I have a phobia—thalassophobia—or a unique form of it, perhaps.  Where Thalassophobia is the fear of what lies beneath you in a vast, deep body of water like the ocean, mine is limited to shallow bodies … Continue reading →

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Croc Hunting in Great Harbour

Posted on January 7, 2020 by

November 9, 2019 – Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas: [Spoken in a thick Aussie accent] There I was … standing on the precipice, knowing it was going to be a gnarly journey across treacherous waters and an even more unforgiving landscape … Continue reading →

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Cruisers’ Rule #42: Find that Flange! (And Other Engine Tips)

Posted on December 19, 2019 by

They’re more like guidelines, really, but we cruisers do have them: good rules of thumb to keep you and your boat going. “Find that flange!” is an important one, as it can mean the difference between carrying on with a … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Dorian: A Close-Call for Plaintiff’s Rest in the Bahamas

Posted on December 6, 2019 by

Sep. 1, 2019, a Cat 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and a minimum central pressure of 910 mb hit the Bahamas. It was the strongest hurricane to hit the northern Bahamas since modern records.  Phillip and I … Continue reading →

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Our Hurricane Hole for 2019: Great Harbour Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

Where to go for hurricane season is always a very tough call.  I’ve written here before about hurricanes, the sometimes horrible reality of cruising, and some of our more difficult winters spent here in Pensacola when Phillip and I often had to … Continue reading →

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