Sailing Honu Time Archive – Page 2

Show me your Monkey! What a day of firsts. There is no dipping your toe in the pool for us we dive all in and figure it out as we go. This is the first time we have driven the boat. The first time we have charted and dealt with tides, currents, and sho...

Squat down and hold your breath! I don’t know if we have mentioned it before but Honu is a big girl for the ICW. We hit the max in both directions. Our mast is 63.5Ft and our keel is 6.5Ft. The majority of the fixed bridge heights are 65ft at high tide,...

WE HIT! Top & Bottom Well, I guess it was inevitable. We knew the party wasn’t going to last forever. There is something truly special about taking the time to traverse this water way. We have had the opportunity to explore some absolutely amazing...

Boat Life: Living Our Best Life Wow! Does it get any better than this?! Some days are just fantastic from the moment you open your eyes. These were those days. The sun was shining the current was flowing in our direction and the scenery was fantastic o...

Chasing the Sunshine! 😎🏝 Sometimes you need to slow down and smell the roses. We have been on a mission to get north as quick as possible and have forgotten to stop and to explore all the really cool places along the way. Enter Beaufort, NC … no...

We Got Infested 🦟 Who knew that the ICW would be a go to vacay? The more we travel it the more we wonder how many beautiful things we have not seen in the world… not even that far. How many beautiful things we have not seen in North America. Wheneve...

Is this the end of our journey? What a change in scenery we had this week. Going from the tranquil grasses and trees to a full-on industrial landscape, what a shock to the senses. We had to deal with major shipping lanes, movable bridges on schedules,...

Hey Honu Crew. Season 3 starts Friday! Join us as we get closer to our dream of warm crystal blue water...we're so close now! ⛵️💙😎

More Boat Projects! We have final made it to our new home in Virginia and boy was that shakedown cruise a doozy. We have discovered a whole “boat” load of new boat projects to do. But as they say, your project list never ends. To list off a few ite...

Will it ever go it? If we are ever going to move our boat again, we need to get our engine up and running. The trip north really did a number on her and we are now ready to put everything back in working order. But that doesn’t always prove to be as ea...

Can turtles fly? It’s haul out day! “There is nothing scarier and more exciting than seeing your entire house and everything you own held up by two little yellow straps” That is the understatement of a life time. We have been waiting for this mome...

To say that we have a lot of work ahead of us is an understatement! Now that we are in the thick of things we are getting a real idea of what needs to be done on Honu. It's not just about scraping and painting the bottom. The game is the same just the pl...

Now that the fiberglass rebuild work has been completed on the rudder it’s time to start getting the rest of the hull back in shape. We have 685 sq ft of surface to prep and paint before Hurricane Ian comes knocking on our door step. The blisters are al...

I never thought dealing with a hole in the boat could be so satisfying. This week was a true test of DIY with your spouse. We had to coordinate two separate jobs while trying to talk to each other through the hull of the boat and let me tell you that pro...

The day has finally arrived. We are scheduled to get back in the water. Just a few minor projects to complete... Wax the hull, install the prop, paint the bottom of the keel and stand plates, then wash the boat and were done. Minor stuff. It was very surr...

A Hole Lot of Fun! More boat yoga anyone? Now that we are “experts” in fiberglass it’s time to tackle the anchor locker and weakly mounted windlass. The mounting plate and fiberglass is so cracked we are worried that one day when we are pulling the ...

A Shuck’n Good Time! It has been a dream of our to get the opportunity to go to the Annapolis boat show in the Chesapeake. Josh and I have worked boat shows for years in our old industries and it was nice to finally be apart of the crowd and just take i...

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When Dreams Become a Reality! We can’t believe this day has finally arrived! We have been working tirelessly on our 2001 Hunter for the past 11 months with a dream and a goal of traveling the world with her. Ok, maybe not the world right off the bat, b...

We want to take a minute to celebrate with you our first full year as liveaboards on Honu Time. As most of you know who have been with us from the beginning for this crazy journey.. it hasn’t been easy but wow, have we learned so much. On that note, we...

We never expected this! We have been told that everything on our boat is broken, we just don’t know it yet. On that note, we made sure that we went over everything before we left the dock. The last thing we wanted was a malfunction the first time we tak...

Ain't Nothin' Gonna Hold Us Down Before we left the safety and security of our happy marina home in Virginia we thought that we had secured all of our systems and we were ready for the next adventure. But as boat life goes you need to be prepared for any...

The New Normal | Learning the ropes of boat life Things will never be the same again. You can’t just pop out for a carton of milk or quick bite with friend. Things need to planned out, weather checked, anchor secured and dinghy deployed. We have had t...

Electrical Fire Disaster | We can't catch a break What a momentous occasion this leg of the trip has been. We finally made it back to where it all began. Nine months ago, we purchased/adopted our Honu and we have finally “circumnavigated” back to Hil...

Why so BLUE | The Victron Overhaul 2.0 Christmas is near and we have a boat filled with little blue boxes. Sadly, none of them have jewelry in them. Welcome to the Victron age Honu Time. It is time to clean up after the electrical fiasco and start the r...

We are DONE! | What's or next step Can it be true? Are our electrical woes over? Are we finally ready to blow this popsicle stand and start the last leg of our trip down the US before we pop over to the Bahamas? We had originally planned to be in the Ba...

Look out BEACHES Here We Come! – Bahama Bound We are on the move. One more hopscotch before we hit the open water. Florida has been a huge catalyst, we hope, for what to expect in the next couple of months. We are so ready to experience that crystal bu...

We finally made it - Arriving in Bahamas - Sailing Honu Time S4E1 What a sense of accomplishment we are feeling today. We have been preparing for this day for longer than we can remember. It was a hope and a dream years ago when we had a crazy idea of up...

Our own private island – Welcome to the Bahamas Hello folks and welcome to a whole new different set of things we need to learn to comfortably sail our boat. What an amazing experience we have had so far. The Bahamian people are so welcoming and invit...

The Party is OVER! In 2 days ~ No more unlimited Starlink in the ocean We all knew this day was coming we just didn’t expect it to be so harsh. Starlink has dropped their Monopoly hammer and has put together a new service for us sailors. Yes, they do ...

Exploring Hoffmans Cay ~ Berry Islands, Bahamas Wow! Does this feel like an adventure! The trip here wasn’t the greatest but you know what, that makes the destination all that much better. We have had some eye popping experiences here on Hoffmans Cay ...

Chase’n Tail 🤿Diving into the Exuma Chain It’s time to discover all that the Exuma’s has to offer. Every Cay we pop into seems to have something special to offer. Whether it’s iguanas at Allens or lobsters at Long, we are soaking it in. It f...

Is This Paradise? Exploring Exuma, Bahamas It feels like by the end of every day we have seen the most amazing things and we can’t even imagine how anything could be more spectacular? Then we wake up, move the boat, and it all starts over again. Every ...

Old Legends, Forces of Nature & One Psycho Bird! A little know fact, sailors are very suppositious people. Whether it’s your morning routine, renaming your boat, or following old legends, we are all cautious, of upsetting Neptune. Maybe it’s just...

Exuma Foam Party ~ Exploring the Bahamas So many first this week. From almost getting a foodborne neurological illness to basking in our own private aquarium, a little skinny dipping and so many happy memories in between. Black Point Settlement and Ca...