Is this TOO GOOD to be true?! For the first time in the last YEAR we find ourselves actually sailing...DOWN WIND! And what's that?! The waves are BEHIND ...
What's next for SailAway?! Where do we go from here?! We catch you up on our most recent passage, life in Antigua, and our cruising plans for the future. ...
We had found a pandemic-free oasis of sorts in Grenada and then SVG, but it wasn't meant to last. To their credit, these islands take even small outbreaks ...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we install our new jack stands! Turned out we were sitting on CRACKED bricks! AND just in time too because we had an ...
After SEVEN DAYS in QUARANTINE, The RACE is ON to make it to BEQUIA. It's already Christmas Eve and we have a tree to put up and some presents to wrap! We ...
Do we have ENOUGH MONEY for this?! And will we ever be RELEASED from QUARANTINE?! With every day we sit and wait for our PCR test results, we start to ...
While cruising in St. Croix USVI our 20-year-old windlass finally has enough. Houston, we have a problem! We race against Sahara dust storms to St. Thomas to ...
We broke our starboard genoa sheetline a few times and suspecting the Lewmar clutches. Also, I so wanted to have some extra lines at the helm, such as the ...
Leaving GRENADA and entering ST. VINCENT and the GRENADINES...which means more hoops to jump through. It's well worth it, but these days it's definitely a bit ...
We anchor under Mount Etna and swim in active volcano bubbles at Volcano Islands, Bottaro. Now we know how it would feel to swim in champagne lol. Thank ...
Painful on our NOSES and our WALLETS! As we gear up to finally leave Grenada and begin our journey north through the Caribbean islands, we begin the process ...
We up anchor and sail off into the blue, looking for a better place. It is time to SAIL our problems AWAY! We think we have found an island paradise until….we ...
Everybody has been asking HOW DID YOU DO IT!!! The story revealed ;-) And when you want to move on, you just have to do it, go for that darn PCR Test!! They ...
HOLIDAYS are HARD. THOUSANDS of MILES from FAMILY, even harder. This week we're celebrating Thanksgiving, but having not seen our families in over a year due ...
We broke our Mantus Anchor. It was not funny. We tried to set the anchor, but the jumping chain indicated shallow sand with rocks below. We tried three times. ...
When a macerator GOES DOWN and you can't pump out...THEN WHAT? Well, you're about to find out and it's not pretty. Seriously, you've been warned!! Also, we ...
When 3 YouTube sailing channels, with all our names starting with an "S" (Sisu, Sunday & Salacia Star from the SOUTHERN hemisphere lol), hook up, there is ...
The FREAKS come out AT NIGHT...and cruise around on dinghies BEGGING for CANDY! This week it's Halloween in Woburn Bay. Loren stretches her makeup and ...
Valletta is such a gem of place, wish we had more time to explore. St Johns Cathedral must be one of the most exquisite cathedrals we have ever visited. And ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Loren! To celebrate we TREAT OURSELVES to a couple weeks at the beautiful boutique marina at Le Phare Bleu! Complete with a ...
In SAILBOAT LIFE, our DINGHY is our CAR. And our "car" is on its LAST LEG. We bought Nacho before we really knew what we wanted in a dinghy, so we ...
It's amazing what goes on beneath a city, let alone an ancient city. Join us as we discover the deep dark secrets of Malta's underworld. We also play around ...
When you could possibly run out of LPG/Butane whilst at sea! What do you do? You fill it YOURSELF whilst under passage, no problem. Come see how we do it. ...
Our FIRST NIGHT in Carriacou had serious DRAMA and NOT a lot of SLEEP. It was a rainy and stormy passage, followed by a squall-filled night at anchor in ...