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We spent a week in Port Antonio, Jamaica before taking a weather window to sail South to Panama. Boat-wise we had the goal to fix our mainsail traveler car and…

Our sail to Jamaica took us four days and was quite challenging at the beginning. We aimed for a weather window from Great Inagua to Jamaica, but first had to…

After having spent two weeks with my sister and family on the boat, we almost felt a bit lonely with the four of us. In such a short time, we…

Our last stop with my sister and family was Staniel Cay. We had been looking forward to this stop, because many cruisers told us about thunderball grotto. This grotto became…

As we continued our two-week family cruise in the Exumas, we decided to go discover a cave near Oven Rock that we had seen on our favorite sailor’s app noforeignland.…

When the weather allowed it, we started moving again towards the North. Our first stop was the Iguana beach at Leaf Cay. It was impressive to see how populated this…

And off we went! After the last missing suitcase arrived, we started heading North again to start our two weeks family adventure in the Exumas. Knowing that my sister and…

We heard many nice things about Georgetown and its active sailing community and were looking forward to spending a few days there. Luckily we had an absolutely incredible weather window…

Just like Shroud Cay, Warderick Wells amazed us with its turquoise water and lively underwater world. With nothing very urgent on our to-do-list we felt like we’d fully arrived in…

Our first stop in the Exumas was Shroud Cay (~50nm from New Providence) – What a highlight! Of course, on our way there, one engine died down, so we had…

We planned to sail directly from the Berries to the Exumas and started our sail in the night, knowing that it would be a bit uncomfortable with wind and waves.…

Our first stop after the West End was going to be in the Berry Islands (~95nm from West End). They looked great on the map and seemed fun to explore…

What a feeling!!! After months of preparations and excitement, we finally made it to West End on Gran Bahama (~120nm sail from Port Saint Lucie) and were ready to clear…

Our last stop in Florida was Port Saint Lucie (~80nm from Cape Caneveral), where we spent a few days at anchor and did some last provisioning before heading to the…

On our way down the US East Coast we kept looking at the launch-agenda from Cape Canaveral (~120 nm from St. Augustine) and hoped that we could be there during…

Our next stop after Bohicket was a less glamorous one, in the swamps of Beaufourt South Carolina. Actually, not a planned stop. After just a few hours of sailing from…

On our way down the US East Coast we usually had a window of 1-2 days for good sailing (or motoring) followed by 4-5 days of strong winds from a…

Entering the Beaufort inlet can be quite daunting because it is shallow and there is lots of current, but luckily, we didn’t have much wind and the entrance was fine.…

Chesapeake – Cape Hatteras – Beaufort NC On February 23rd we were ready to set sail direction South. Just a few days after an intense snow-storm, we decided, it was…