This time about finding ourselves as sailors, finding our comfort levels and figuring out if this whole full time cruising life is for us.
For Sun and Stars
First our traveler was broken, then the weather windows kept changing and disappearing. So we've got to make some tough decisions about what we want to do next
As we wrap up some much overdue projects with the limited materials we have on the boat, we get news that our traveler finally gets here.
While we wait for our traveler to get delivered, we decide to tackle an issue that's been a bother for a while. But that means going high. Very very high.
Sailing Turtle faces a challenging day at sea, dealing with a damaged traveler and unexpected mishaps. Join the journey through adversity and solutions. 🌊⛵
Unfortunately our weather window closes up. But it does give us a chance to have an incredible sail down to Georgetown, Bahamas...
Autopilot failing isn't going to sink your boat so it isn't a total disaster, but having to hand steer a boat for days and days at a time is something that we..
Watch as we discover more about our autopilot than we ever knew before and one absolute surprise finding that we would have completely missed..
We motor out of Staniel Cay finally and dig deep into the Exumas Land and Sea Park, the oldest land and sea park in the world!
We've hit another set of storms and decide this is a great time to get some projects done. But we soon remember the success rate of boat projects...
This season is all about diving, sailing and friendships in the Caribbean so it's time we give it some real thought. Join us for a quick episode!
While Dev continues his project work remotely, I say goodbye to my job and allow the uncertainty of the future be the guide to our future adventures.
In the almost two years we've owned Turtle, we have been through 3 hurricanes and a bunch of storms over 40 knots of wind.
Finally, we left the US! Watch us have the most incredible three day passage from St. Augustine to the Bahamas.
At last, after 6 months (3 months more than expected), we LEAVE CHARLESTON!!!! We cleared up the last of the big projects and started to head South.
We're BACK!!! In this ONE TAKE video, we give you a tour of the newly renovated Turtle, showing you all the big and small changes.
Post Hurricane Ian, we jump right back into the massive galley remodel. We make an incredible amount of progress including making a FORBIDDEN CAKE of foam!
Just as we start to get traction on projects, we have to stop all work and get Turtle back into Battle Mode!
We dive deeper into completing the big galley refit by getting the new sink all set in so that we can install the faucets and run all the lines.
We've been away for a bit because of health reasons but we're back! We take a trip to New Jersey to visit family.
Our freshwater system has been a mess since we got Turtle and we are very very excited to switch the whole system over to PEX and Aqualock (Seatech) system.
Part 2 of our galley remodel is our countertop. We take off the old laminate and sand off the countertop and then tackle the replacement of our sink.
After a successful motor sail all the way to Charleston, we immediately jump into the project we had been super excited about. The galley overhaul.
After a failed splash, we pick up our hearts and spirits and try to tackle the new leak we found in the fastest possible time.