This could be our last sail together for a long time, so we needed to make it count...
Just as we left Langkawi Liz had a call from her brother to say their mum, who was diagnosed with Parkinsons ten years ago, wasn’t doing very well. So Liz helped Jamie...
Did you know that there is a whistle language?! El Silbo, is the whistle language of La Gomera and origin from the native Canarians. Since 1999, all children learn it in the school and the language is acknowledged by UNESCO. Our last days on the island are...
The boys spend an epic day swimming with manatee at the beautiful Weeki Wachee!
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Great Book for more info on Manatees - "Call of The Siren : Manatees and Dugongs"
By Tim Dietz
http://tulasendlesssummer.com We headed South from Highbourne Cay and anchored off Shroud Cay. We immediately began exploring just North of the Exuma Land and Sea Park border off Norman's Cay. We didn't have any luck spearfishing in the sound so we snorkel...
Music by Zuddox (https://soundcloud.com/zuddox)
Spent the morning swimming in Vortex Springs and exploring the local aquatic life. Definitely suggest this place for a cool dip in the summer or winter, and the scuba diving is apparently even better. Then w...
Although we started off at Norman Island, we had strong winds and a whole afternoon to get somewhere, so off we went downwind to "The Indians".
Music:
Spark by ALBIS
City Groove by Jungle Punks
Undwater Love by Jerom Ismaae
Ep 3
Sopers Hole to Cooper Island: We have breakfast in Sopers, then drop the mooring and head out for Cooper Island. Again, we have great wind and the ride is exciting. We pick up a mooring at Manchineel Bay on the east side of Cooper Island and almost im...
Ep 2- We leave Norman Island for Cruz Bay to clear into the USVI. Our intent was to overnight at Coral Harbor on St. John and then head for a big passage across to St. Croix. But wind and swells worked against us as a south wind built. The swells were huge...
This first episode of our 2015 bareboating trip focuses on our travels from Colorado to St. Thomas, a day of sightseeing in Charlotte Amalie, picking up our Beneteau 37.2 monohull charter boat, and sailing to Norman Island. There's a ton of snorkeling and ...
Our engine dies on the way to the Raja Ampat Dive Lodge. We finally make it to a mooring just in time to gorge ourselves on a massive buffet. We proceed to get the staff drunk on Delos Moonshine for a night of dancing! Then It's an early morning to chec...
Saba Rock is a tiny resort built literally on a rock in the waters of North Sound in Virgin Gorda, BVI's. Surrounded by reef and sparkling turquoise water, the spectacular views from the back of the island cannot be matched anywhere else in the BVI's. A ...
Exploring the Bahamas on our sailboat we were free-diving and came across a number of these beautiful Eagle Rays. They are up to 1 meters across the wings and 3 meters long to their whip tails. This is an excerpt from our Cruising the Bahamas DVD available...
View all the new 'Sophisticated Lady' travel logs in one location here:
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Now you can view 'Sophisticated Lady' BoatCam - updates live photo to website every 5 minutes during dayling h...
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