Sailing Lady Africa Archive – Page 7

EP 202: We're Hauling A** | Sailing on our Small Catamaran After our adventure in Bequia it was time to head of to St Vincent. We thought we would spend a few days at least here but then the weather had other plans for us.. our options were to be stuck in...

EP 203: This is definitely our favorite Caribbean island.. After our night anchored in St Lucia and meeting some awesome patreons, we head off to the beautiful French Island of Martinique. Wow is it all we expected and more. Cheap cheese, bread and wine.....

EP 204: Disaster at sea.. 😲 It was time for Ricky to get our new dinghy.. we were so excited to get a new rib which meant no more pumping up our floor and having to lug around our pump all the time. We took her for a test drive.. since we want to upgra...

EP 205: The diving we have been waiting for.. After our whole debacle with our asymetric sail ripping to shreds, we arrived in Grande Anse D'Arlet thanks to our trust genoa and two engines 😂 We hit the town exploring, to see what this little place was...

EP 206: Assessing the Damage | Can We Fix It? After exploring the town of Grande Anse D'Arlet, we opt to tour the beautiful waters of the anchorage. It was absolutely insane to see what sea life was living right under our noses. After diving the anchorage...

EP 207: Finding hidden caves in this small anchorage We dive the bays of Anse Dufour and Anse Noire and find hidden caves. Head off to the next bay called L'Anse a lAne and Anse Mitan. Although small, its was still a beautiful place. We only spend the on...

EP 208: Where the HECK have we been?? Where the heck have we been? Well here's the answer you've been waiting for... well we can't give you all the details just yet.. we got to leave you in a bit of suspense right? We were super excited however to take a ...

EP 209: My wife left me.. So I have to sail alone.. After arriving in Martinique, when we were planning to be away for only 2 weeks which led up to being 3 months we were pretty scared to see what state she would be in. I'm happy to say.. she wasn't to ba...

EP 210: Repairing our Leaky Window | Boat DIY I had arrived in St Lucia and it was straight to getting the boat in somewhat of a decent sailing condition to get our butts to Grenada asap with hurricane season approaching.. Ricky jumped in the water and cl...

EP 211: Rum comes from here? | How Caribbean Rum is Made After situating ourselves on anchor in Hartman Bay, we headed off to Grande Anse beach for a swim. It was so good to be back in warm Caribbean waters. We headed off to Young Cruisers Association mee...

EP 212: Our Big Secret.. It's the moment you guys have all been waiting for.. (besides our Patreons 😋) What is this big secret we haven't been telling you? Well it's time to finally tell you.. you might not think it's such a big deal but it's something...

EP 213: Exploring our new home | USA ⭐ After visiting my cousin in Louiseville, Kentucky we headed off to home base. Indiana, but first with a stop over at the Bass Pro Shop for Ricky who was eager to see it. After the first week of work, the weekend ha...

EP 214: Road tripping through the USA 🚗 | Adjusting to life back on land! We're back, sorry for being MIA for a while but a lot has been happening, from work, business opportunities, drivers licenses, credit scores and just adjusting to life back on l...

EP 215: Heading back to Lady Africa ⛵ After relocating to Utah, and exploring this beautiful state; hurricane season had come to an end and it was time to head back to Grenada in the Caribbean to go and get Lady Africa sailing again, but what state woul...

EP 216: It wasn't supposed to be this difficult.. After getting back on Lady Africa, it was time to get her ready for the sailing season ahead and that meant putting up our sails, fixing anything that might have broken while we were gone and... list her f...

EP 217: Making our way up north | Antigua bound ⛵ After picking up Glen and Wade it was time to say goodbye to Grenada and make our way up north. First stop was Martinique for a few days to get some good cheese and croissants. After exploring Martinique...

EP 218: This is how you know you're a sailor... After arriving in Antigua, it was time to explore the island. We took a trip to Shirley Heights, and prepped to head of to Green Island but ended up turning around because of bad swells. We anchor in English...

EP 219: Sailing to St Maarten | Private Jet Island ✈ We checked out of Antigua and made our way to St Maarten. This time we actually managed to sail and not motor the whole way which was so nice and we caught our selves some fish for dinner. It's been a...

EP 220: Tour of a $2,000,000 ocean crossing Nordhavn 60 This week we decided to do something different. Friends of ours Peter and Luis were on their way to St Maarten and we hadn't seen them for 2 years. Can you believe it's been 2 years since we crossed ...

Lady Africa is a 36.5ft Dean Catamaran. Built in 1991. Complete rebuild in 2020. Everything is new as of 2020. She has crossed the Atlantic ocean from South Africa to the Bahamas and has spent the last 1 and a half years cruising the Caribbean. Fully kitte...

EP 221: Sailing with a broken knee 🦵 Since we we're in St Maarten which is considered the more built up island of the Caribbean, we opted to go to the doctor to see if we could get Ricky's "what we though was a torn meniscus" sorted. We booked an appoi...

EP 222: We're off to the British Virgin Islands! ⛵ After a really long time spent in St Maarten, it was time to head of to the British Virgin Islands. We were so excited to be on our way already. A beautiful calm 80nm sail later and we had reached the f...

EP 223: We're in Charter Boat Central.. After facing some unfavorable wind conditions, we anchorage hopped around to find a place where we could be sheltered for the worst of it. We found ourselves anchored outside a private island with a cute little bea...

EP 224: The last few moments.. 🌞⛵ While we were on Peter Island here by the Willy T, we decided it was time to get some blood flowing through our body and we went for a good hike around the island. We decided to check out some of the dive caves here...

EP 225: Farewell Lady Africa.. So the time had come to sign paperwork and make it official.. We motored Lady Africa to the USVI to her new home in St Thomas. What a crazy roller coaster of emotions. If you see Lady Africa in an anchorage be sure to go sa...

EP 226: Sailing to Paradise: Exploring Inagua Island in The Bahamas In this exciting travel vlog, join us as we embark on a journey to our dream destination - the Bahamas! We'll take you on a breathtaking adventure as we arrive at the beautiful Inagua Isl...

EP 227: Sailing and Lobster Catching Adventure in the Bahamas | Ragged Islands Welcome aboard to the breathtaking world of sailing the Ragged Islands and embarking on a lobster-catching adventure! Join us on this exhilarating vlog as we set sail through a...

EP 228: We found this on a sunken plane! | Sailing the Bahamas We carried on island hopping around in the Bahamas. We left Buena Vista Cay and made our way to Flamingo Cay where we had a good experience with sharks, had a stowaway and found something craz...