Our first hiccup, we forgot we had a fishing line out, and as we set our anchor we ran over it, fouling it in the propeller. Kate had to dive on it to untangle it. Luckily the water was warm and calm. Roxy the sailing dog supervised the work

It is still Christmas time in the Caribbean, so we head out and explore the town near Hatchet Bay, a well known hurricane hole. You could surely weather a storm in that harbor. We found a local bar and after a few beers made some new friends. They took us on a tour of the town for a Boxing Day celebration.

While we were here we did a much needed oil changes to our Yanmar 4JH3-TE 75hp Turbocharged Diesel Engine. 

Next we were off to meet up with out friends aboard SV Sargo for a floating dock party, snorkeling, and sundowners. 

Lastly we were off to Rock Sound. It was a beautiful day for sailing. We tried to get a nice photo shoot in. Sargo found an uncharted blue hole on the way, which we stopped and dove with them. Inside we found sharks! Our first time in the water and swimming with sharks. 

After cooling off we finished the trip by sailing around Rock Sound. We noticed less power and some extra smoke from our Yanmar engine though. It was time to investigate. Finally, after exhausting all the options, we found the issue was a small engine mounted fuel filter. What could have been a 5 minute fix cost us days of downtime.

The downtime was OK though. This gave us a chance to reprovision, relax, and make a YouTube sailing vlog video.

Next we get ready to sail nonstop from the Bahamas to the USVI and BVI. We hope you enjoyed this episode. Please subscribe, share, and hit the like button

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This time we are on the reefs off of Grande Anse Beach. This area is right in front of the major resort area on the south west side of the island. It is fairly protected from waves, but there is considerable current. This is two dives meshed into one. Both are in the depth range of 35-50 feet.

We had a camera problem on the first dive, so we came up with some poor and almost unusable footage. The second dive turned out great, so we mostly used this footage, but spliced in a few from dive one. What happened?

Well, the go-pro waterproof cover was taken off on the boat for a bit to grab some audio and we think a little water got in and caused condensation on the lens, making the video foggy. There is lots of amazing coral, sponges, ocean, and marine life in these videos.

We see spiny Caribbean lobster, flutter fish, butterfly fish, file fish, creole wrasse, cow fish, and lizard fish.

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We dive Rainbow Reef and the Northwind Tug on the west end of St. Croix, USVI. We dropped into the crystal clear blue waters off the stern of our 46′ Sailboat “Sweet Ruca” to explore the waters around St. Croix. This video is two dives put together into one movie. The first part is Rainbow Reef. It is located in approximately 40 feet of water just a few hundred yards off the coast. Home to some very amazing coral, we see parrot fish, trumpet fish, sea turtles, and more. In the second half of the video we explore the Northwind Tugboat wreck. It is part of a group of shallow wrecks called the Shallow Wrecks at Butler Bay. We hop directly off the back of the sailboat and have to navigate in the current 300 yards or more and find the wreck in open water. It was worth the hunt. Located in about 55 feet of water, at 75 feet long, the Northwind was stripped and sunk in 1986 as an artificial reef. We see some very bright coral, hawksbill turtles, lionfish, blue tangs, and more. #scubadiving #diving #scuba #underwater #underwaterphotography #stcroix #usvi #stx #padi #ocean #dive #wreck #shipwreck #scubadiver #uwphotography #sea #scubadive #underwaterworld #photography #diver #travel #nature #marinelife #buceo #paditv #girlsthatscuba #underwaterphoto #underwaterlife #uwphoto #scubalife #adventure #sealife #fish #sailingsweetruca #sailing

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Just before the Covid-19 lockdown in BVI we had the unique chance to be the only people at the wreck of the RMS Rhone. Normally there are dozens of dive and charter boats here with hundreds of people in the water. We got to experience it like no other. Check it out as Kate and Curtis from team Sailing Sweet Ruca snorkel and free dive the area. The RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Rhone was sunk in October of 1867 during a Category 3 Hurricane after leaving Peter Island BVI. She was 310 feet in length and was 40 feet wide. She was a sail-steamer, rigged as a two-masted brig. The area was turned into a national park in 1980 in order to preserve the history of the site. Now, she is one of the most popular dive spots in the BVI and the home of some friendly sea turtles. #freedive #snorkeling #bvi #rmsrhone #underwater #sea #underwaterworld #blueplanet #ocean #wreckdive #girlsthatdive #sailing #sweetruca

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The Sailing Sweet Ruca crew, Kate and Curtis, meet up with SV Dragonfly’s Addison and Ryan to dive the wreck of the Tyrrel Bay. The wreck is located about one mile off of Grand Anse Beach on the Southwest side of Grenada, near St. George’s and Port Louis. Evelyn and Curtis from Scuba-Tech Grenada provided the transport and guidance to drop us right on top of the wreck. The Tyrrel Bay was a coast guard patrol boat delivered to Grenada from the USA in 1984. Designated PB-01, she is 106ft. After the Guardian Class patrol boat went out of service the local divers put together a plan to clean her and make her dive ready. She was sunk on September 25, 2018 where she sits in approximately 60 ft of water. Kate is decked out in her new gear Sherwood Scuba gear she recently purchased from Michael and Jess @SetSailandDive. She is loving the matching outfit! #girlsthatdive #divinglife #diving #wreckdive #grenada #sail #sea #ocean #sweetruca #scubadiving #diving #scuba #underwater #underwaterphotography #padi #ocean #dive #scubadiver #uwphotography #sea #scubadive #underwaterworld #photography #diver #travel #nature #marinelife #buceo #paditv #underwaterphoto #underwaterlife #uwphoto #scubalife #tauchen #adventure #sealife #fish

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