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November 6, 2024
Jessica and Ryan Adventures – Page 5
Prepping & Leaving USA! Some Tips & Tricks for Water, Engines, Weather & Checking in.
We prepare to sail out of Miami to the Bahamas. Ryan explains why we clean our engines. Getting water is a pain if there is no dock where you can pull up to. Ryan shows a time and energy saver way to get water. We show you the weather we chose to cross in ...
We got Electric Scooters! Trying them in Nassau!
We got Segway Electric Scooters to get around in and are trying them out in Nassau. Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our AMAZON STORE: www.amazon.com/shop/jandradventures Support us on PATREON?!: http://...
SAILING to the EXUMAS! Facing a FEAR & Swimming with SHARKS!
We're in the Bahamas! We sail to Compass Cay in the Exumas from Nassau. We visit Rachels Bubble Bath, Rocky Dundas Caves, and swim with the Nurse Sharks! Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our AMAZON STORE: ...
Huge Pigs & Exploring Thunderball Grotto in the Exumas Bahamas
We start the day going to see the pigs at Big Majors Cay where we find everything from large pigs to piglets. We have a several windy days and go explore a beach while looking at the waves. We explore Thunderball Grotto near Staniel Cay. Get a T-SHIRT(or...
Exumas: Great Guana Cay – Blowhole & Scary Inland Cave Swim!
We sail to Blackpoint on Great Guana Cay in the Exuma islands in the Bahamas where we do boat work, eat pizza, and go dancing. We then venture out down the coast of the island to find an inland cave where you can go swimming! Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https:/...
SAND CASTLE COMPETITION!
We had a sand castle building competition near Staniel Cay in the Bahamas! You get to decide who wins! Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our AMAZON STORE: www.amazon.com/shop/jandradventures Support us on ...
WE GO FASTER NOW! NEW HEADSAIL!!!!
We put up our new headsail from Precision Sails and test it out. Precision Sails: https://www.precisionsailloft.com/ Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our AMAZON STORE: www.amazon.com/shop/jandradventures...
GETTING TRASHY IN THE BAHAMAS!
We join Cure for Earth in picking up plastic one morning on the Atlantic side of Stocking Island and wind up picking up a bags worth of trash! Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our AMAZON STORE: www.amazon...
Sea Turtles, Mermaids, & Bonfires!
We stop at Little Farmers Cay to see some sea turtles and then anchor at Big Farmers Cay where we paddleboard, have a bonfire, and check out the sand bar. When we are done there we head to Rudder cut cay to check out the mermaid and piano near David Coppe...
Book Recomendations from Honu Crew
Ryan, Jessica, Kira, and Kelsey talk about the recent good books they have and are reading! They are both practical and fun books! Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our AMAZON STORE: www.amazon.com/shop/jan...
How to get a woman to LIVE on a SAILBOAT!
So this video is an answer to a question that we get even though it's rarely explicitly asked. lol! We've met a number of men who want to buy a boat and cruise, but their partner is just 100% not into it. And many times it feels like just an issue with mar...
FUN things around GEORGE TOWN, BAHAMAS!
We meet some other young sailors and take a day sail trip to swim with Turtles at Hoopers Bay and Fowl Cay to snorkel. We explore Chat & Chill and leave our mark! Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our ...
OUR THORNY PATH BEGINS!
Honu crew takes off on the Thorny Path from George Town, Bahamas! We see a cool whale as we sail to Mayaguana, Bahamas where we wait for the dog paperwork to come through for the Turks & Caicos. Meanwhile we swim with an amazing amount of starfish! G...
TURKS & CAICOS! ARRIVING BY SAILBOAT & EXPLORING BY JEEP!
We sail to the Turks & Caicos and eventually clear in with the dog, Once we clear in we then rent a jeep and explore Providenciales. Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our AMAZON STORE: www.amazon.com/...
Coronavirus! How’s it in the USVI
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Providenciales & Sailing to North and Middle Caicos!
We do some exploration on the west side of Providenciales as well as sail to North and Middle Caicos. We explore the Indian Cave, saw the Valentines Day Cup Model Sailboat Races, and see a blue hole! On the way our boat came into contact with a rock and Ry...
Sailing around Samana, Dominican Republic!
As we work our way south along the thorny path we realize that we'll need to stop somewhere in the Dominican Republic. There are just a few decent anchorages along the norther shore of the DR and we decide to skip Luperon in favor of Samana since we had a ...
THIS GUY IS JET SKIING AROUND THE WORLD!
Ryan interview's Alvaro De Marichalar in Samana about jet skiing around the world. You can find is social media accounts below! When someone says they're jet skiing around the world, your first thought might be that the rent jet skis in various locations a...
REALTIME UPDATE, Change of Plans..
Sailing to St John Island in the US Virgin Islands. We go to Reef Bay and do a hike to soo the Taino Petroglyphs and then do some snorkeling. We then head to Round Bay and talk about what its like around us here now with whats going on, our new plans, and ...
SAILING to PUERTO RICO! San Juan: A week before the Lockdown!
We sail into Ponce, Puerto Rico and then rent a car to go to San Juan to explore! We explore Old San Juan by going to the Fort and seeing Ponce De Leons old house. We also head to Coffin Island and do some snorkeling! Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespri...
Spanish Virgin Islands of Culebra & Culebrita!
We sailed from the mainland of Puerto Rico to the Spanish Virgin Islands. We explored the tanks on Flamenco beach in Culebra and the lighthouse, baths, and snorkeling in Culebrita! Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we...
Cruising while LAID OFF!
Oh no! Ryan got laid off! We've always been dependent on Ryan working in order to do our cruising. And directly thanks to the craziness of the world right now, he was part of a "Reduction in Force" where he was working. Which, unfortunately has been happen...
Basically fought a LOBSTER!
Here's a big first for us!. We're not really "fisher-people". We've has so many things to do on our boat, and with work we just have never had time to lear about fishing.... until now. This is a video of our first time catching and cooking a lobster ever! ...
NEWB tries spearfishing!!
Seems like cool athletic cruisers do spearfishing. And since it seems like a logical progression for our snorkeling and freediving skills, we got ourselves a spearfishing gun a few weeks back which we're finally going to try to start using. This was actual...
Had to SAFE HARBOR in the RAGGED ISLANDS!
While on passage from USVI to Florida we were forced to “pull over” in the about 2/3rds of the way there to safe harbor from some severe weather. Here’s a quick update on the situation and how our plans have been affected! Channel MEMBERSHIPS: https...
Exploring EMPTY ST JOHN Island, USVI!
Welcome to St John USVI! We take a calm weather opportunity to explore the perfect pristine beaches of the north side of the island. The beaches reopened just in time for use to get to spend a week in this paradise hiking, snorkeling and exploring beaches ...
GETTING READY FOR OUR LONGEST PASSAGE YET!
So, hurricane season is creeping ever closer upon us and most all of the borders in the Caribbean are closed. Further more, the future economy of these tourism based islands is a little uncertain right now. So, this really only leaves us with 1 option. Do ...
LONGEST PASSAGE through CLOSED BORDERS! Part 1
This begins our longest passage to date. The roughly thousand mile journey begins with the first mile. What makes this passage.... "more interesting".. is that we cannot really stop anywhere because all of the borders were closed. That combined with the fa...
STORMY SAIL to the US, LONGEST PASSAGE Part 2!
This is part 2 of our passage from the USVI to the mainland US. In this video we safe-harbour in the Ragged Islands while we wait from Tropical Storm Arthur to move out of our way. From there we have a few days of stormy weather to sail through before we m...
How to AVERAGE 10.5kts in a condo-maran…. by CHEATING
We sail about 500 miles north from Key Largo to Charleston SC in just over 2.5days by hopping in the gulfstream and riding it due north up to about 80miles offshore. As could be expected, we make excellent time and have a fairly chill ride despite a few st...
It’s ROTTEN! New FLOORING on our BOAT!
Rotten to the core! We knew putting new floors in our floating tiny home was going to be a fair bit of work. But we had no idea just how much! Turns out we has some rot in our floors that we had to take care of. Which means fiberglass work…. but hard wor...
How much SQUARE FOOTAGE in a Tiny Home Sailboat?
The tiny home movement sorta seemed like a fringe fad at first. And maybe it still is. But it is a persistent one which I guess moves it out of the realm of being a fad and into the realm of a legitimate way of living. 99% of liveaboard boats probably coun...
Unboxing our MOST EXPENSIVE boat TOOL to date….
When you live on a boat you need a variety of different tools, from multimeters, to pex crimping tools, from jigsaws to rivet guns, and probably at least 3 or 4 powered sanding devices...... but this one tool is arguably one of the more versatile tools you...
The ONLY 8 knots you need for LIVING on a BOAT!!
Interested in living on a boat? We've lived on our boat almost 3 years now and sailed about 10,000 miles. These are the only knots we use regularly recommend learning for those of you interested in living on a boat. We'll update the list of knot tutorial...
Boat Refit: BUILDING CUSTOM DRAWERS!
Building drawers is one of the harder furniture things to do right. Shelved are easy, cabinets are kinda hard, drawers are hard. Lots or precision required and on a boat, precision doesn't really exist. But alas, its is time to quite procrastinating and ge...