With the sailing itch back in our hearts, we leave the comfort of home, family and summer barbeques for the ridiculous heat of Georgia and boat work.

After our long medical mystery is now solved, we get back on the road to our home, Turtle. Once we reach Turtle we have a few surprises..

My diagnosis suddenly comes into question and our world gets turned upside down...again...watch till the end for the shocking reveal!

David Copperfield's Rudder Cut Cay has some pretty cool stuff to check out. Caves, shallows full of life, with the chillest turtles and The Musician. David ...

After months of chasing a little bump in the neck all around the Bahamas, we finally have our answer. It isn't what we wanted to hear.

Going back to the US so soon was never in the cards. But alas, the universe had other plans for us.

Just as start to enjoy our time in Long Island, we are confronted with two huge problems. We start to re-think our entire sailing plan.

What is your idea of a perfect day? Well for us, it is sailing our boat the entire day with fair winds and following seas...

We finally reach the Exumas! After anchoring up, we become trendsetters as a ton of other boats anchor up all around us in our first spot.

We often like to find unique, possibly secluded sites for riding out a storm because it gives us something to do off the boat.

Our Turtle is a 40 foot 1993 Caliber who has had 7 owners before us and has even been salvaged once. Join our adventure as we travel the world!

After months of near solitude and small towns, we finally hit the big time. The big city with the traffic, the noise, the lights and oh my the cruiseships!

This time on Sailing Intermission we continue to concentrate on safety and tested the PLBs It is our pleasure to report that they are working. Steve checked ...

Unfortunately we discover an issue with our windlass that will have to be fixed. We make final decisions about our plans for the next week and head on out.

In this episode we travel to the Southern Great Barrier Reef's Heron Island, where we're extra lucky to catch baby turtles hatching in the middle of the day! ...

We start our install of the Seawater Pro Watermaker which would desalinate the ocean water and provide us with drinking water and allowing us to be independent.

We get to explore the wonderful town of Green Turtle Cay with our friends and just like that, we lose our friends to their own adventures...

We take Peanut to Stanley Island and stroll along the kapok lined sandy path. Magnus talks about the various flora here and its many uses. We finally arrive ...

We visit Allen Pensacola cay where Turtle leaves her mark for the first time and Munjack Cay where we husk coconuts for the first time!

This is it. Our big jump. We cross the gulf stream on the last possible day of the weather window and are welcomed by beauty, warmth, sunshine and BUGS!

Lake worth also signifies the final chapter in our first sailing season. It is the place where we start to prepare for our first international trip as sailors.

We enjoy a wonderful few days at Cumberland island in Georgia, right at the border before Florida. We take one of the best hikes we've ever taken.

After sailing the boat into the wind for hours and starting to feel a bad de ja vu, we made a hard decision. We cut our sail short and jumped off the ocean..

Getting past Hatteras was all we could think about for the week preceding it and once past it, we anchored up in Beaufort exhausted and feeling beat up.