What are we doing? Aren't you sailing around the world? Cruising boats can’t race, right? Well, sort of. As sailors that enjoy high-performance sailboats and are used to racing with the bare minimum, surrounded by carbon fiber and Dyneema, it is hard to envision racing a...
We first noticed that our autopilot wasn’t up to the challenge of big winds and big waves on our trip from the Bahamas to St. Thomas. We took off to make the non-stop 700+ mile trip on a January nor’easter to make a downwind dash. We...
In this episode we continue to explore the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. We have some ups and downs this time. We make a few mistakes, but quickly figure out how to fix them. Our first hiccup, we forgot we had a fishing line out,...
We try to outrun a storm by sailing 200 miles in 24 hours. Can we make it? The weather window is about to slam shut...
While I'm still getting the hang of video editing and learning new programs, I really enjoyed making this video. This video shows only limited clips of our first days in the water. There is so much more to show but only so long of a video...
Kate takes you for a walk around the deck and inside of our circumnavigation sailboat, SV Sweet Ruca. Get a brief look at the layout and equipment on our year 2000 J Boats J/46 sailboat. This is our sailing version of a tiny home for...
