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We start heading back East towards St. Martin for The BucketLust's New Year's Eve route. We pick up a few friends in St. Thomas to make the passage with us, and have another run in with the Coast Guard. This time it's with the Dutch. Enjoy!!! Huge THANKS ...

We take delivery of Clarity in Sint Maarten and begin the refit before heading north to start our adventures in the British Virgin and US Virgin Islands. Music is of course the one and only Cranberries with Dolores O'Riordan's (RIP) ghostly vocals. I slow...

It's the week before we head out on our Atlantic Ocean crossing toward the Azores, and there are still a lot of preparations to do! Going halvsies on a rental car with our friends Bill and Grace of s/v Calico Skies, we hit up the biggest grocery stores St...

With our Atlantic crossing looming, we work hard to get our cockpit enclosed, and finish job with $35 worth of vinyl. Before we get that far though, we take what we hope is the last of our very wet rides, from Saba up to St. Martin. Leaving Elements unde...

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Curious to WHERE we are at the moment in real time, and what our plans are for hurricane season? Let us fill you in! Currently we have Elements of Life in Sint Maarten, and in the next few days we'll be leaving for an Atlantic Ocean crossing, heading eas...

You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: https://www.bluewatercruisingplan.com/ After leaving Virgin Gorda we had a nice calm crossing through the Anegada Passage, and spent two weeks exploring both sides of the St. Martins w...

Welcome to Episode 3 of Captain Rick's Picks, and Part 1 of the Simpson Bay and Cole Bay episodes. In this episode we cover all that is cool on the West side of the two IGY Marinas, which are Isle de Sol Yacht Club, and Simpson Bay Marina. We cover all t...

Love it or Hate it... Here is Steve Jobs Yacht "VENUS" as she comes through the Simpson Bay Bridge in St Maarten, SXM, CARIBBEAN... Filmed with my DJI Inspire Drone to capture a full 360* rotation of Yacht "VENUS". Steve Jobs had his own idea in mind when...

For years we have been sailing 'Sophisticated Lady' in and through St Maarten on our ways North and South for each changing season.. it is our main stopover point for restocking the boat and getting repairs and parts at the most affordable rates in the Eas...

Spectacular sunrise this morning on Simpson Bay Lagoon in St Maarten, CARIBBEAN.. Here is our view this morning from the deck of 'Sophisticated Lady' as we rose to greet yet another beautiful Caribbean Day! Video Produced by http://www.LandAndSeaVideo.c...