For Sun and Stars

February 01, 2020 Sailing YouTubers

For Sun and Stars
  • Joined: February 01, 2020
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  • Videos: 94
  • Views: 47,340
  • Annapolis, MD, US
  • Language: EN

Dev and Spandana, in less than 6 months after learning how to sail, bought a sailboat and jumped into full-time cruising on SV Turtle.

The Crew

Dev (pronounced Dave) and Spandana (pronounced Spun-The-Nuh), a software engineer and developmental-behavioral pediatrician from Annapolis, gave up everything to make their sailboat dream come true.

Less than 6 months after learning how to sail, they bought a sailboat and jumped into full time cruising.

Their Turtle is a 40 foot 1993 Caliber who has had 7 owners before and has even been salvaged once.

Join their adventure as they hope to travel the world, collecting memories and barnacles together! Follow Turtle adventure to chase the wind around the world!

boat life  digital nomad  liveaboard  sailing couple 

Latest from For Sun and Stars

Videos

Lessons Learned After TWO Years of Cruising! Do We STILL Want To Do THIS?? - Sailing Turtle⛵
Lessons Learned After TWO Years of Cruising! Do We STILL Want To Do THIS?? - Sailing Turtle⛵

This time about finding ourselves as sailors, finding our comfort levels and figuring out if this whole full time cruising life is for us.

May 19, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:07
It Is Time TO GO! - Sailing Turtle⛵
It Is Time TO GO! - Sailing Turtle⛵

First our traveler was broken, then the weather windows kept changing and disappearing. So we've got to make some tough decisions about what we want to do next

April 27, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:10
We got our Part!! But will it fit??? - Sailing Turtle⛵
We got our Part!! But will it fit??? - Sailing Turtle⛵

As we wrap up some much overdue projects with the limited materials we have on the boat, we get news that our traveler finally gets here.

April 20, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:15:35
And Then We Got HIGH! - Sailing Turtle⛵
And Then We Got HIGH! - Sailing Turtle⛵

While we wait for our traveler to get delivered, we decide to tackle an issue that's been a bother for a while. But that means going high. Very very high.

April 06, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:10:28
A BAD Day Sailing is still a GOOD Life! - Sailing Turtle⛵
A BAD Day Sailing is still a GOOD Life! - Sailing Turtle⛵

In a surprising and somewhat annoying turn of events, we have yet another thing break on the boat, this time our traveller, which cancels all of our passage...

March 24, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:40
The Weather Does a HIT AND RUN At NIGHT! - Sailing Turtle⛵
The Weather Does a HIT AND RUN At NIGHT! - Sailing Turtle⛵

Unfortunately our weather window closes up. But it does give us a chance to have an incredible sail down to Georgetown, Bahamas...

March 16, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:08
This Could Have Been TERRIBLE At Sea! - Sailing Turtle⛵
This Could Have Been TERRIBLE At Sea! - Sailing Turtle⛵

Autopilot failing isn't going to sink your boat so it isn't a total disaster, but having to hand steer a boat for days and days at a time is something that we..

March 09, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:28
Exploring The OLDEST Land and Sea Park In The World! - Sailing Turtle⛵
Exploring The OLDEST Land and Sea Park In The World! - Sailing Turtle⛵

Watch as we discover more about our autopilot than we ever knew before and one absolute surprise finding that we would have completely missed..

March 02, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:14:02
Exploring The OLDEST Land and Sea Park In The World! - Sailing Turtle⛵
Exploring The OLDEST Land and Sea Park In The World! - Sailing Turtle⛵

We motor out of Staniel Cay finally and dig deep into the Exumas Land and Sea Park, the oldest land and sea park in the world!

February 23, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:49
Stormy Projects! You win some lose lots but that's cruising life!- Sailing Turtle⛵
Stormy Projects! You win some lose lots but that's cruising life!- Sailing Turtle⛵

We've hit another set of storms and decide this is a great time to get some projects done. But we soon remember the success rate of boat projects...

February 16, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:16
BIG Changes In Our Post Bahamas plans!! - Sailing Turtle⛵
BIG Changes In Our Post Bahamas plans!! - Sailing Turtle⛵

This season is all about diving, sailing and friendships in the Caribbean so it's time we give it some real thought. Join us for a quick episode!

February 10, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:06:01
One Year After The Cancer-Not-Cancer Diagnosis, HEALTH UPDATE!! - Sailing Turtle⛵
One Year After The Cancer-Not-Cancer Diagnosis, HEALTH UPDATE!! - Sailing Turtle⛵

While Dev continues his project work remotely, I say goodbye to my job and allow the uncertainty of the future be the guide to our future adventures.

February 02, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:51
Storms Keep CHASING US!!! - Sailing Turtle⛵
Storms Keep CHASING US!!! - Sailing Turtle⛵

In the almost two years we've owned Turtle, we have been through 3 hurricanes and a bunch of storms over 40 knots of wind.

January 19, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:12:13
The Most INCREDIBLE Start to Our New Season in the BAHAMAS!!! - Sailing Turtle⛵
The Most INCREDIBLE Start to Our New Season in the BAHAMAS!!! - Sailing Turtle⛵

Finally, we left the US! Watch us have the most incredible three day passage from St. Augustine to the Bahamas.

January 12, 2023
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:49
We SAIL AGAIN!!! BUT Are We TOO GREEN??🤢 - Sailing Turtle⛵
We SAIL AGAIN!!! BUT Are We TOO GREEN??🤢 - Sailing Turtle⛵

At last, after 6 months (3 months more than expected), we LEAVE CHARLESTON!!!! We cleared up the last of the big projects and started to head South.

December 22, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:44
Our Renovated BOAT TOUR! - Sailing Turtle
Our Renovated BOAT TOUR! - Sailing Turtle

We're BACK!!! In this ONE TAKE video, we give you a tour of the newly renovated Turtle, showing you all the big and small changes.

December 01, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:12:37
Don't EAT THIS! We take a HUGE Bite Out of our Galley Remodel - Sailing Turtle
Don't EAT THIS! We take a HUGE Bite Out of our Galley Remodel - Sailing Turtle

Post Hurricane Ian, we jump right back into the massive galley remodel. We make an incredible amount of progress including making a FORBIDDEN CAKE of foam!

October 28, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:50
We Deal With Our THIRD Hurricane in ONE YEAR!! - Sailing Turtle
We Deal With Our THIRD Hurricane in ONE YEAR!! - Sailing Turtle

Just as we start to get traction on projects, we have to stop all work and get Turtle back into Battle Mode!

October 20, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:17
The Day That Everything BROKE! - Sailing Turtle
The Day That Everything BROKE! - Sailing Turtle

We dive deeper into completing the big galley refit by getting the new sink all set in so that we can install the faucets and run all the lines.

October 06, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:03
Two Steps Forward and One SETBACK! - Sailing Turtle
Two Steps Forward and One SETBACK! - Sailing Turtle

We've been away for a bit because of health reasons but we're back! We take a trip to New Jersey to visit family.

September 29, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:05
Our ONE OF A KIND Freshwater Manifold! - Sailing Turtle
Our ONE OF A KIND Freshwater Manifold! - Sailing Turtle

Our freshwater system has been a mess since we got Turtle and we are very very excited to switch the whole system over to PEX and Aqualock (Seatech) system.

September 08, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:14:26
NEAR DISASTER Averted! Our Countertop remodel Begins! - Sailing Turtle
NEAR DISASTER Averted! Our Countertop remodel Begins! - Sailing Turtle

Part 2 of our galley remodel is our countertop. We take off the old laminate and sand off the countertop and then tackle the replacement of our sink.

August 25, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:15:15
We RIP OUT Our Nav Station! - Sailing Turtle
We RIP OUT Our Nav Station! - Sailing Turtle

After a successful motor sail all the way to Charleston, we immediately jump into the project we had been super excited about. The galley overhaul.

August 18, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:12:59
A LEAKY HULL Means A FAILED SPLASH! - Sailing Turtle
A LEAKY HULL Means A FAILED SPLASH! - Sailing Turtle

After a failed splash, we pick up our hearts and spirits and try to tackle the new leak we found in the fastest possible time.

August 11, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:59
We try TRUDESIGN Thru Hulls! - Sailing Turtle
We try TRUDESIGN Thru Hulls! - Sailing Turtle

As we get closer to splash day, it is time to finish up the smaller projects that took a backseat to the massive osmosis project of the last two months.

August 04, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:14:38
Part 2 of our Osmosis Treatment! - Sailing Turtle
Part 2 of our Osmosis Treatment! - Sailing Turtle

Part 2 of the 2 part series on how our four day "just a bit of sanding" turned into a four week saga of osmotic blister management.

July 28, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:16:33
Our Boat Has PIMPLES! Part 1 of our BLISTER TREATMENT - Sailing Turtle
Our Boat Has PIMPLES! Part 1 of our BLISTER TREATMENT - Sailing Turtle

Part 1 of the 2 on how our four day "just a bit of sanding and throwing on some new antifoul paint" turned into a four week saga of osmotic blister management.

July 14, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:10:54
Turtle gets some SHINY New Upgrades!!! - Sailing Turtle
Turtle gets some SHINY New Upgrades!!! - Sailing Turtle

As the never ending sanding continues, we try to tackle some other projects to get some progress made on the to do list.

July 07, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:14:24
United States
Metal, Barnacles and POWER TOOLS!!! - Sailing Turtle
Metal, Barnacles and POWER TOOLS!!! - Sailing Turtle

With the sailing itch back in our hearts, we leave the comfort of home, family and summer barbeques for the ridiculous heat of Georgia and boat work.

June 26, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:14:09
United States
We make it back HOME! - Sailing Turtle
We make it back HOME! - Sailing Turtle

After our long medical mystery is now solved, we get back on the road to our home, Turtle. Once we reach Turtle we have a few surprises..

June 16, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:25
United States
So It's CANCER. Now What? - Sailing Turtle
So It's CANCER. Now What? - Sailing Turtle

After months of chasing a little bump in the neck all around the Bahamas, we finally have our answer. It isn't what we wanted to hear.

May 05, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:52
The Bahamas
TOUCH DOWN and LIFT OFF! A Not So Quick Hop Back to the US - Sailing Turtle
TOUCH DOWN and LIFT OFF! A Not So Quick Hop Back to the US - Sailing Turtle

Going back to the US so soon was never in the cards. But alas, the universe had other plans for us.

April 28, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:11
The Bahamas
Life Throws Us TWO CURVEBALLS! - Sailing Turtle
Life Throws Us TWO CURVEBALLS! - Sailing Turtle

Just as start to enjoy our time in Long Island, we are confronted with two huge problems. We start to re-think our entire sailing plan.

April 21, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:43
The Bahamas
A PERFECT Slice of Cruising Life - Sailing Turtle
A PERFECT Slice of Cruising Life - Sailing Turtle

What is your idea of a perfect day? Well for us, it is sailing our boat the entire day with fair winds and following seas...

April 14, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:10:56
The Bahamas
Sleeping Sharks! Sunken Planes! Dead engine?! - Sailing Turtle
Sleeping Sharks! Sunken Planes! Dead engine?! - Sailing Turtle

We finally reach the Exumas! After anchoring up, we become trendsetters as a ton of other boats anchor up all around us in our first spot.

March 24, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:09
Join Us On Our Adventure!
Join Us On Our Adventure!

Our Turtle is a 40 foot 1993 Caliber who has had 7 owners before us and has even been salvaged once. Join our adventure as we travel the world!

March 08, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:00:20
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