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March 24, 2025
The Meri Crew – Page 2
New England 2, 2021
Part 2 of our time in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We check out one of the historic mansions in Newport, go to a lobster bake at Cuttyhunk, and spend some time with whales off Cape Cod.
The beautiful islands of the Maine coast, 2021
We arrive in Penobscot bay and begin exploring the wonderful towns and islands in the area. We visit Rockland, Camden, Belfast and Castine as well as the islands of Vinalhaven, Isleboro, Deer, Swan's, Isle Au Haut, North Haven, Hurricane and a few others.
Maine Retrospective – Light, Water and Fog
A photo retrospective of our summer cruising the Maine coast.
Sailing Downeast Maine, 2021 part 2
Here is the second half of our summer in Maine. We travel Downeast to Roque Island to our favorite northern beach, have some family aboard, do a lot of hiking and enjoy the beautiful Maine coast from the water and ashore.
37 Trees
37 Trees
Sailing to New York City!
After leaving Maine we sail down Long Island Sound and down the East River to New York City! We spend most of a week enjoying the Big Apple.
Back on the Boat 2022! #Shorts
After spending time ashore with family and friends it is time to get back to our life on the water! We are always a bit anxious when returning to Frolic as we never know if she will be as we left her. After seeing what happened in our absence we launch i...
Our winter sailing season begins! 2022.
After a break for the holidays we return to the boat and get prepared for our winter season. We make a few hops down the Florida coast then head for the Berry Islands in the Bahamas! The first island chain we will visit in the Bahamas is the Berry Islands...
Exuma Banks and Cays
The Meri Crew and Sailing Vessel Frolic cruise through the northern and central Exumas. We have some stormy weather and hunker down for a few days but then the weather is back to the wonderful Bahamian winter weather we enjoy so much. Beautiful skies, wa...
SVFrolic – Antares 44i Inside Tour
We've had requests for a tour of our boat, the Antares 44i sailing catamaran. Here is a tour of the interior where we do a little size comparison to an apartment.
Exumas Windy and Fair
We wrap up our first trip to the Exumas this winter. Diving, kiteboarding, hiking and visiting some new spots. We have some more very windy days but nothing too bothersome.
Jumentos Population Zero
We sail through the Jumento Islands, a little travelled part of the Bahamas. Though about 60 miles long there are no inhabited islands in the Jumentos making it a quite remarkable place to visit. We found the spearfishing very good, though there were a l...
Ragged Islands Wind and Water
The Meri Crew. Our winter cruising in the Bahamas continues. We are happy to be back in the Ragged Islands, a remote island chain in the southwest Bahamas. The weather continues to be a bit of a challenge but is a small price to pay for being in this pa...
Wandering in the Bahamas
Sometimes we are not doing anything special. We are just living, enjoying each day in the Bahamas.
Woohoo! Kids visiting us on the boat!
Ashley, Drew and Drew's girlfriend, Jenny, fly in to George Town, Exumas and join us for some fun aboard our sailing catamaran, Frolic. We had excellent weather for fun on the islands and in the water. Drew brought his kiteboarding gear so we got in a gr...
Conception Island
Here is a quick video on a quick trip we took to Conception Island, an uninhabited island in the Bahamas. Is it the most beautiful island in the Bahamas? People say that, and we tend to agree, but there is a 'but'.
Spring passage North
Our winter season in the Bahamas comes to a close. Just a bit more fishing and diving and then we set sail on the 600 mile passage north to Beaufort North Carolina. We have a mixture of strong winds with big seas, and later no wind at all before the wind...
Northbound for the Summer 2022
Our summer season is starting! We take care of some repairs and maintenance when we get back to the boat in North Carolina. Then we start heading north, taking the ICW to Virginia and then an ocean passage to Rhode Island.
Into Canada, 2022
Sorry for the delay. We have been without adequate internet to upload a video for a few weeks but happy to share our travel into Canada this season. We got a sail repaired, did a bunch of maintenance and spent the fourth of July weekend in Newport Rhod...
NEWFOUNDLAND
Wow! We are so excited to be here! This is a challenging cruising ground but it is awesome. What towns there are here are tiny and there is so much wilderness. Waterfalls everywhere. Wildlife. Everything is beautiful, except when the fog rolls in thi...
Newfoundland’s Fjord Coast
We continue cruising Newfoundland's Fjord Coast with stunning landscapes, lots of wilderness and solitude, and small towns with wonderful people. We encounter some pilot whales and ocean sunfish offshore, gather the last of the season's cloudberries on so...
Cape Breton Island
Heading back southwest from Newfoundland we spend a bit of time sailing the Bras d'Or lakes in Cape Breton Island. We take in a whole lot of music in a short time plus some other interesting activities!
Westbound on the Nova Scotia coast
The final episode for our summer 2022 season. We caught Covid on Cape Breton Island, so this video is a bit short as we didn't get to as many places on the way back west as we expected. Fortunately we recovered fairly quickly and had a good spot to wait ...
Virginia to Antigua!
We join up with the Salty Dawgs sailing from Hampton Virginia to the Caribbean island of Antigua. 1750 nautical miles and 11 days at sea. It was a tough weather year with very active tropical weather offering plenty of challenges.
The Meri Crew’s Sailing Channel
The Meri Crew's cruising channel! We are a couple who love spending time aboard our boat and doing all the fun things that are part of cruising: sailing (of course), visiting new places and meeting new people, snorkeling, scuba diving, kiteboarding, fish...
Enjoying Antigua
After sailing from Virginia we spend quite a bit of time in Antigua. We love this island. Great people. Great hiking. It is a beautiful place. As the end point for the Salty Dawg rally there were lots of social activities organized here for weeks afte...
Les Saintes
Our next stop in the Eastern Caribbean is the group of small islands just south of Guadeloupe - Les Saintes. This is a very laid back place. The main island, Terre-de-Haut, swells during the day as many people visit by ferry and small cruise ships stop i...
Guadeloupe – The Butterfly Island
@TheMeriCrew sail SV Frolic to the beautiful island of Guadeloupe! What a wonderful place to spend time. The island's high volcanic peaks, lush forests filled with flowers and exotic plants, and beautiful surrounding waters made every day here a joy. We...
Dominica!
Dominica! Not the Dominican Republic. A beautiful island where we explore the rainforests and reefs. Dominica has much less tourism than other islands in the Caribbean and the island is still recovering from Hurricane Maria in 2018. It is remarkable ho...
Carnival in Martinique
This is a pretty focused video on our time in Fort de France for Carnival. What a wild experience! Carnival was quite different than we expected. It was somehow much more a cultural part of Martinique than we expected. 30,000 people in the streets all ...
Martinique
Martinique is one of the French West Indies. It is an island in the Eastern Caribbean that is to this day part of France. We enjoy spending time in the big city of Fort de France as well as smaller communities and rural areas.
Little French Islands
The French Island of Guadeloupe has several smaller islands associated with it. Previously we visited the island group called The Saintes. This time we are visiting two small uninhabited islands that make up a marine preserve known as Isles de la Petite ...
Tobago Cays Shark Rescue
We visit the Tobago Cays, a beautiful set of small islands and coral reefs. The sea life is pretty amazing. Beautiful. While we are there we have a small adventure releasing a trapped shark from an illegal fish trap.
Through-hiking the Colorado Trail
Drew had a five week adventure through-hiking the Colorado Trail. The scenery is breathtaking and we figured we'd share the video on our channel.
Grenada Fall 2023
We are excited to be starting a new season in the Southeast Caribbean. Frolic is looking good after 4 months on the hard in Trinidad and getting her back in the water and us aboard has us feeling at home again. Grenada is a terrific island to start anoth...