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After being offshore, sailing in the blue water on a fast 2 day reach from the USVI to Grenada, we arrive and spend almost a fortnight in quarantine.

In this satisfying video, we do some sailing, but you get to see a lot of us making funny videos while stuck on the boat for over a week at anchor. You know what’s awesome about being at anchor in for that long?

There is no CNN, no MSNBC, no Fox News, no parties, no drama. It’s just the two of us and the asmr sounds of the ocean and birds, Kate playing beautiful music as she is learning the guitar, and enjoying sunsets and nature.

We have a smooth sail and show the checking in the process via MAYAG into Grenada. It was overall a good and motivational experience! (A note, now you need to use SailClear).

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This satisfying video is action-packed with sailboats, sailing action, scuba diving, and great music. Our favorite part is the boat tour of the Seventy 7 Lagoon sailing catamaran, truly a yacht! We had to pause our around the world voyage in the USVI due to the border closures in the Azores. We wanted to be doing a transatlantic passage at this time, but we made the best of it by hanging out with cruising and charter catamarans in the crystal clear blue waters of STX (St. Croix, USVI).

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Come sail away with us to the island of St. Croix where we travel away from our feelings and have a little vacation from life on the boat. Located in the US Virgin Islands, STX is the largest but least visited of the islands in the USVI.

This is a particularly satisfying video for us as we tackle some relationship issues brought about by tiny house living and the digital nomad lifestyle. Our sailboat is our tiny home, and a sail life is what we live as we create and share our video travel vlog. We are re-learning how to sail and be at sea together during the quarantine lockdown.

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We want to note that despite the catchy title, we were very impressed by the way the BVI Customs and Immigration team handled the situation. This was at the very beginning of the pandemic when no one was sure what to do or what was going to happen. At the time this was filmed we were allowed to sail but not go ashore, this was what we were told by officials at the customs office. Since then that has changed greatly. We respect their decisions to keep their country safe.

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In this episode, we finally make it to St. Thomas after a 700 mile offshore ocean passage from the Bahamas. We are glad to see land but after so much time in the deserted islands of the Bahamas, we are smacked in the face with the full force of big brand marketing in the USVI. We have lots to do while we are here, especially some much-needed plumbing work. Don’t ask, just watch and you will see.

We also need to make some repairs after the hard sailing passage. We still make time for fun though. Kate’s mom joins us for a few days, and our friends from Jamestown Boatyard in Rhode Island, Dave and Denise, make an appearance for some spirited sailing and fun in St. John.

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We go underwater to explore the reefs of Carriacou. We are looking for sharks and rays on Christmas Eve. We found them, and more!

We are much more used to being in the Midwest USA for the Christmas Season, and pre-covid we had planned on spending the holidays with friends and family. With Covid, we can’t do that anymore, so we have to make do.

We have no complaints, even though we miss everyone, we know that many others are in a similar position.

We hope our little rendition of Jingle Bells brings a smile to your face and you enjoy the sights of the giant aquarium we are floating on.

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Perhaps our favorite phrase we’ve learned is: “Cruising is just boat work in beautiful places”. It’s hard to summarize this experience in one phrase, but we are hoping to share this experience with you in the convenient form of video. Recording video for you allows you to live in the moment and see our “boat work in beautiful places” as we do. 

The boat was purchased at the beginning of 2019 and made her quick launch in July. We have been cruising and refitting her ever since! Because we’ve had a lot of “firsts” and learning to do, we have been putting video editing on the back burner. We plan to post videos of our journey in the truest form so that you may live vicariously through our adventures and get a taste of the highs and lows of cruising life. 

It would mean the world to us if you could share our experience as we hope to educate and inform and overall just LIVE in this crazy world with you all. The experience means so much more if we are able to bring you all along, so please reach out to us, like, share, and subscribe to our videos. The world is our home now, so don’t be a stranger!

Love SV Sweet Ruca

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