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Enjoy this throwback of when we first launched Sweet Ruca. Did you know where are journey began? Well now you do! #shorts #sailing #adventure #throwback

Real unedited sailing in heavy winds in the Beagle Channel. This is what it is really like. Windy, wet, and cold upwind work. #sailing #real #nofilter We are moving our long format videos back to Sundays and hope to post more shorts for you during the ...

2023 GBCA January race in light air on Galveston Bay #water #racing #wind #sports #sailing #shorts

Our launch is postponed due to a broken Travel-Lift, so we take a once-in-a-lifetime chance to explore Brazil and check our bucket list. You won't believe how! #sailing #sailboatlife #bucketlist #boatrestoration #itajai The launch of our sailboat afte...

We are diverting to safe harbor, the closest travel-lift, 75 miles away, after finding cracks allowing salt water to enter due to a whale collision at sea. What's the damage? Will we make it? #sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #sinkingship Visit our Websit...

*Warning* *Graphic Boat Images* The hull is delaminating when we discover salty sea water coming in through a hole in our hull while sailing 75 miles offshore on a bluewater passage in the South Atlantic Ocean. What now?! #sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #...

We are finally headed OFFSHORE into the BLUEWATER again! We are SAILING South, but there are more NIGHT time SUPRISES in the dark water Offshore! #sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #brazil Visit our Website for Live Tracking via Predictwind: www.sweetruca...

Kate hits the beach before a big storm with 50 knot wind gusts hits the boat. See how we ride it out as we prep and provision to go sailing further into the south Atlantic ocean. https://www.predictwind.com/?ref=sailingsweetruca #sailing #storm #lightning...

This place is so awesome, we should not tell you were it is! Visit our website and live PredictWind tracker at: www.sweetruca.com We are finishing up a round of boat work while we wait to go south. Hiding out in Brazils best kept secret hurricane hole. We...

We divert to a new country to make repairs on our sailboat, but will the grant us entry? You won't believe what we see when we arrive to this unplanned location! #sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #brazil After three weeks at sea it nips at our nerves that ...

Can we enter the closed country of Brazil? We need to enter to make repairs after our longest passage at sea. After over 25 Days of sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from North to South we try to find a safe place to anchor, rest, and get our bearings in t...

Hey Guys! This week our friends were about to purchase new rudder bearings for HUNDREDS of dollars and lift out for a week to do a rudder bearing replacement as their steering became stiff! As I have done this before, I helped advise them to hang in the sl...