Left St John with the plan to stop in the BVI for a few days before crossing to SXM, but at the last second we decided we might have a good weather window to just sail straight to SXM that day. We got just past Virgin Gorda and the weather was worse than forecasted (~8ft seas and 20-25kts of wind) and at this point the sun had gone down, and somehow going straight into the rough seas our brand new dinghy got messed up in the davit and was looking like it was going to flip over. We decided to turn around and get on a mooring by the Baths to lower it and stay for the night. Now our plan is to wait for a better window on Thursday and hang in Virgin Gorda for a few days Sometimes it’s just better to turn around when things aren’t going as planned 🤷🏻‍♀️

Definitely didn’t come in first but we also didn’t come in last (close to it though) 😂 Chased bubbles all the way to Willy T and ready for a raft up party and maybe some Willy t tattoos! If you’re in the area come party with us 🤙🏼

First leg of the Chasing Bubbles regatta!! Started in the lead and ended way behind 😂 prioritized drone shots over winning but watch out for us on the way to Willy T today 👀 Fun downwind sail with some very hungover crew from the epic floatchella Challenges today were snorkel shots and someone off the back of the boat when we were crossing the finish line

Not the 2 hour downwind sail we planned on having sailing from Jost to Normans today 🙂‍↔️ As we got towards Thatch Island Cut we were going to bring in our head sail to get a better angle and go through the cut but noooope after 2 wraps the head sail furling line was jammed 🫠 Andrew undid the entire line multiple times but it still kept jamming, so eventually we just jibed through the cut and figured we would deal with it later. From Thatch to Normans Andrew went back and forth trying to fix it on the bow then eventually pulled it in by hand on the bow and we got it in. Not sure why it happened but fingers crossed it doesn’t happen again when we sail tomorrow 🤞🏼 Anyway, now we’re spending the day at Willy T 🏴‍☠️ (and I’m not getting the tattoo this time 😅😂)

Checked in at West End (because we had to check Isla in there) then headed to Jost for a night or two! We got engaged 2 years ago today and we’ve been together for 4 years this month 😌 Started off our first day at Jost with a floating spa massage 💆🏻‍♀️ & then heading over to Soggy Dollar & Foxy’s Not sure if we’ll stay here a few nights or hop around other spots in the BVI before heading back to STT Monday. Drop a suggestion of where we should stop!!

Our group had their dream charter booked for NYE in the BVI for 5 nights and while their first captain cancelled because the generator wasn’t working and the boat had no AC, then the 2nd captain they had canceled the day before their trip 😳 Our friend saw on a Facebook page that they were desperate for a captain and mate so she called us and asked if we could get to the BVI within the next 24 hours to run their trip. Within an hour we got Isla to the vet for her health certificate, packed up our boat, left it on a mooring in Red Hook STT and took the ferry over to Tortola the next day. Had to work with the group to get provisions on such short notice but we made it over and were able to give them the best New Years trip ever!! Had so much fun showing them around the BVI and of course, they loved Isla. Got lucky and had the best group with the best attitude & spent the last 5 nights on a cruise around the islands 🇻🇬 Oh, and I happened to run into my cousins at Bitter End on NYE 😂🤯

Stop 1 on our surprise date day.. Cruz Bay St John 🥰 We haven’t been over to St. John since we sailed over and this island is what made us fall in love with the Virgin Islands almost 2 years ago! Took us a while to get back but so excited to explore again Still don’t know about stop #2 and where we’ll be sleeping tonight 🤔

Moved around from Water Island to Sapphire beach because some friends told us about a full moon party over here tonight Anyone else usually show up to a party with their entire home? 😂