Join us as we encounter one of the most intense lightning storms we've seen while sailing. With every flash of lightning and rumble of thunder, our nerves were rattled as the Bahamas transforms from paradise to a possible nightmare aboard our catamaran.
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While sailing through the Bahamas on our performance catamaran, AWEN, we had to take a very narrow weather window ahead of a storm system. We talk about weighing the different wind conditions, weather tradeoffs while sailing, and other couple dynamics to c...
Wow! What a load of wildlife while sailing here in the Exumas, Bahamas, including our close encounter with lots of sharks! 🦈 We take you to Allan's Cay, Highborne Cay, Norman's Cay, Shroud Cay, and Staniel Cay. 🐷🦎
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We continue catching you up on our sailing adventure in the Bahamas making our way from Miami, New Providence, Berry Islands and finally to the Northern Exumas!
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After a nice rest (and taking care of personal business) the hiatus is over and we are back at it sailing AWEN from Miami to Exumas! We are excited to catch up you up on what's been going on.
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Our Mission Possible to MIAMI! We made it! AWEN did her best log in the last 24 hours with 254 miles under her belt sailing across the Gulf Stream. We arrive for one final challenge and finally take it all in.
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AWEN is really excited to get to Miami, she's sailing like a thoroughbred and we share how we hove to on our sailboat to both fix and break more things :-)
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We are back on track and making progress, little by little, hour by hour. But will it be enough to get there on time? Sailing under deadline always has it's challenges!
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We had a big dilemma and had to leave DR so we needed to make some tough choices. Life is never as expected when you choose to sail.
⚓ Join us as we learn what it takes to circumnavigate successfully and make the transition to liveaboard cruising. Our c...
Another twist! We are trying to check in and check out in Luperon to sail out early the next day, but immigration and navy technicalities could mean we are stuck for another day in the Dominican Republic. However, the people here could not be nicer!
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We had a last minute change of plans in our sheltering location to get a better exit from a mooring ball and shelter in Luperon. Unexpected gusts and we dragged our mooring ball and had to re-anchor our catamaran.
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Too much wind, not enough wind, so it is with sailing on our catamaran above the Dominican Republic.
⚓ Join us as we learn what it takes to circumnavigate successfully and make the transition to liveaboard cruising. Our channel is ultra raw with little...
Fuel anxiety is a real thing on a sailboat, trust me. Especially through the Mona Passage. It's a nail-biter as to whether we will make it to the fuel dock at our next stop and there is absolutely no wind.
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Learning to accept that you can't control the weather and the conditions is one of the hardest things about sailing! Join us as we remind ourselves of this important lesson while on a sailboat.
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AWEN is back in the water and headed to Miami, but will we get there on time for the Outremer 52 US debut at the Miami Boat Show? Join our sailing journey and find out!
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A lot of progress underway at the boat yard to fix our Outremer 52! We walk you through AWEN's healing process and share more boat projects in Martinique on our performance catamaran as we prepare for our mission to Miami Boat Show.
🍽️ For those int...
There's a hole in our sailboat and we don't know if we will still be able to make the deadline to the Miami Boat Show. There's still so much work to do to get our performance catamaran AWEN put back together and it's a race against time!
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We discuss what we learned during our transatlantic sailing passage on our performance catamaran, Outremer 52, and cover our highs and lows of the journey. Thank you Nikki Henderson!!!
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We feel the support from everyone, here in Martinique, back in France and from all over the world!
We’re so thankful for all the quick actions that have been taken and all the comments that have been posted.
Let’s see if we can finish this chapter with...
What an unexpected bummer getting hit by another sailboat while at anchor, but it could have certainly been so much worse!
⚓ Join us as we learn what it takes to circumnavigate successfully and make the transition to liveaboard cruising. Our channel is ...
On our last day Nikki had something EPIC in store for us; the QUAD! It was our final exam in the Nikki Henderson School of Sailing before our transatlantic voyage was done. Then we arrive to drop the hook in the early morning in Martinique!
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Just one day out from landfall we take a moment to reflect on whether making the change to a performance cruising catamaran from a production catamaran was worth it now that we have done some proper sailing on it. Also, we talk about how we have progressed...
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