Beau and Brandy Sailing Archive – Page 2

leaving the docks 36 beau and brandy sailing finally!! we're leaving the marina for good!!! it's been a fun while we were there but it's time to change the scenery. we finally hail the bridge and pass through to our first ever anchorage. our good friend j...

out in the big blue | 37 | Beau and Brandy Sailing hey guys! we finally make it out to the big blue ocean, woot woot! saoirse finally gets to stretch a little canvas without worrying about running aground or hit other boats. we put the roller furling boom...

living on the hook | 38 | Beau and Brandy Sailing hello everyone! thanks for tuning in. we've been living out on anchor for a couple of weeks now and are adjusting to our new lifestyle. we keep purging unnecessary items from saoirse our salty dog, oona, l...

Getting Ready for the Bahamas | 39 | Beau and Brandy Sailing In this episode we sail out of Ft. Pierce down to Lake Worth for our first time in the ocean by ourselves! All the last minute preparations to get ready to the sail to the Bahamas. We see dolph...

provisioning for the Bahamas | 40 | Beau and Brandy Sailing we're getting close to leaving! but first we need to stock up on some food and power. the anchorage we originally get to has way too much wake, so we move further south just outside west palm. ou...

finally! sailing to the bahamas | 41 | Beau and Brandy Sailing we leave west palm behind as we sail north to peanut island so we can make a clean getaway to the bahamas. once passed the inlet, a pod of dolphins saw us off as we slowly sail our way across ...

Join us as we make our way from West End Bahamas, up and around to Great Sale Cay and onto Green Turtle Cay. We chat about our troubles in West End from our crossing the Gulf Stream, celebrate Beau's birthday in Great Sale Cay and catch our first fist on t...

Join us for a little tour around Green Turtle Cay as we hunt down the best Bahamian coconut bread around. After spending a little over a week here, we have got our wits back from the crossing and have fixed some things on the boat, so its time to get som...

exploring the bahamas - in the water with sharks | 44 | Beau and Brandy Sailing We stick around in Manjack Cay for one more afternoon to go dive on a reef that has a mooring ball. We see some beautiful coral and fish. Beau tries his luck spearfishing but ...

petting the piggies in the bahamas 45 Beau and Brandy Sailing We sail out at dusk to our new anchorage where the Abaco swimming pigs live. No Name Cay is the island and there aren't just pigs there, they've got chickens too! We have a lot of fun feeding a...

bahamas birthday bash | 46 | Beau and Brandy Sailing We love learning how to sail Saoirse in the Bahamas. The water is crystal clear, a new anchorage is always just around the corner, and the wind seems to be somehow blowing in the right direction. Join ...

easy life in the bahamas 47 sailing saoirse Although we don't have some luxuries that we use to when we were land based like running hot water or a flushing toilet; we've got a pretty easy life in the Bahamas. The only traffic we have to worry about is fe...

We leave Saoirse behind for the day to head over to Fowl Cay on with friends, Dan and Kika, on their boat, Uma. We have similar boats, both Pearsons. one year apart and one foot apart. So we thought it would be interesting to do a day sail with them to see...

exploring hope town by land air and sea 49 sailing saoirse We leave Marsh Harbor for a short sail to nearby Elbow Cay to visit Hope Town. It feels like you are transported into New England. Which makes sense, because British Loyalist settled the area afte...

exploring the bahamas - blue holes, eagle rays & turtles - 49 Beau and Brandy Sailing In this episode we have a quick sail from Hope Town over to Marsh Harbor. From there we day sail over to Tahiti Beach and walk on one of the most beautiful beaches in t...

all ELECTRIC sailboat motor range test and Bahamas grocery shopping while sailing to Marsh Harbor we didn't have enough wind to continue to sail, so we decided no better time than now to test the range of our electric motor and share the results. So many ...

Reality of Sailing It's Not Always Rainbows and Dolphins 51 Beau and Brandy Sailing In this episode, we finally get a weather window to leave Abacos and sail overnight to Eleuthera. This is our very first overnight sail. We take turns on sleeping and he...

the bright and dark sides of the bahamas 53 Beau and Brandy Sailing After a 30 hour sail from Abacos to Eleuthera we rest up in Hatchet Bay. After taking Oona for a long walk around town we head out to explore what Eleuthera has to offer. We have heard th...

Looking Through the Glass Window at the Queen's Bath 54 Beau and Brandy Sailing Due to light wind we're unable to sail to the glass window bridge. So we do what people do in Eleuthera to get around, hitchhike! The glass window bridge is a beautiful sight ...

Too close for comfort What's wrong with our boat 55 Beau and Brandy Sailing In this episode we are getting ready to set sail out of Hatchet Bay. We motored in but it we had great wind to sail through, even though this is one of the smallest cuts we have b...

BOAT LIFE - Work and Play in Rock Sound 56 Beau and Brandy Sailing We spend a few weeks in Rock Sound doing a bunch of chores - fixing the main sail, picking up a few groceries, cleaning the bottom of the boat, and giving Oona a haircut. We did meet up wi...

In Search of the Bluest Waters in the Bahamas 57 | Beau and Brandy Sailing Goodbye Eluethera! Hello Exumas! We finally head south to explore the beautiful blue waters of the Exumas. We've heard so many good things about the Exumas but first we have to get...

Racing to George Town Bahamas 58 Beau and Brandy Sailing We've only got a few days till Beau's brother Nik and his girlfriend Sam get into George Town Bahamas. So we need to high tail it from Norman's Cay down south. Unfortunately we didn't get to explore...

Our First Visitors On Our Sailboat 59 Beau and Brandy Sailing In this episode we have Beau's brother Nik and his girlfriend, Sam, come join us on our sailboat, Saoirse. This makes them our first official sailboat guests, which they quickly turn into crew....

Bunch of Lovely Coconuts | Lee Stocking Island | 60 Sailing Saoirse In this episode of Bunch of Lovely Coconuts | Lee Stocking Island | 60 Sailing Saoirse, we leave behind George Town to head north to explore the rest of the Exumas. First stop, Lee Stocki...

This week we go on a romantic cave swim with flesh eating shrimp!! We pick up anchor at Lee Stocking and head out the cut, we have to do lots of tacking but we make it through the ok, watching the waves crashing on the reef as we pass through. Our next sto...

In this episode we find a slice of paradise with a side of iguanas. We pick up anchor, raise the main and head north in the Exumas from Farmer's Cay to Black Point Settlement, to our next spot, to do more exploring. We are always dependent on the wind, so...

Good Morning! We haven't been up for 10 minutes but we've changed our sailing plans 20,000,000 times. Ok, maybe not that many. We did decided to go to Obrien's, which is the south end of the Exuma's Land and Sea Park. Beau preps the headsail and raises th...

In this episode we explore our ABSOLUTE favorite spot in the Bahamas, Rocky Dundas and Rachel’s Bubble Bath. We wake up early to a beautiful sunrise and sail south before the tide drops too far. We don't want to get stuck on these shallow banks and san...

In this episode we find ourselves All ALONE in a famous grotto in the Bahamas. Before we get head south to Staniel Cay, Exuma, Bahamas, we decided to break out the pole spear and do a some fishing. Brandy snorkeled around while I went on the hunt for gro...

This episode we finish our time in Staniel Cay with exploring a plane wreck and picking up packages with watermaker air before we head out to go back to Georgetown to stage leaving the Bahamas for the season. We discovered that the plane ride was once a ...

Preparing for Our Longest Sail Yet Now that we're back in Georgetown, we have a lot to get done before we head South to the Dominican Republic. We installed a new windex, ran an extra halyard, ran a new topping lift, reprovisioned (bought extra cabbage), ...

Deep Sea Fishing off a Sailboat We finally raise the hook and take off for Great Inagua! But first Brandy whipped up a salad for lunch and eggs for breakfast. We had to catch up to our buddy boat, Bacchus, so we didn't get to eat breakfast until we got th...

Last Days in the Bahamas After a few days of rest we head over to our buddy boat for a little lunch, fresh caught wahoo. Brandy explains how to make our new favorite dish, kokoda. The next day we meet up with our friends on SV Baccus and do a lot of exp...

how much does it cost to cruise the bahamas 70 Beau and Brandy Sailing Have you ever wondered how much it would cost to cruise around the Bahamas for 6 months. You're in luck because that's exactly what we're going to tell you. At least how much it cost u...

Shredded Sail and a Stalking Shark 71 | Beau and Brandy Sailing Finally! We're off to Ile la Vache. We avoided a few crab pots on the way out of the bay. But it was a very slow sail out, but once we rounded the corner the wind picked up. We We're cruising...