Back to Sadie! 3 weeks too long. Left Green Cove Springs Marina today where she sat on a mooring ball. I got in late last night around midnight after a long travel day and boy was the boat in rough shape. Hot & smelly- i immediately opened all the hatches and turned the fans off. I couldn’t be bothered with cleaning up the mess (that i made last week when i came to drop all my stuff off before taking my van to NC) so i just went to sleep and dealt with it this morning. Turns out there was water all in the back bedroom, under the bed in the battery bank area, and filling the float tank…. all of the bedding and pillows were covered in mold and ruined plus the walls too. I noticed this half way through the trip today so i took everything out of the room and then cleaned up all the water once I got docked. today was pretty uneventful, no wind, & 95 degree weather which meant motoring the entire way and sweating terribly. I made it to the YMCA dock in downtown jacksonville where you can dock for free and get a free guest pass to the YMCA which is so nice. I went and signed in, showered and then went 5 mins down the road to get some CAVA for dinner. Sadie drove great today and had no issues! Day 1 of who knows how many to get to NC !

Not a goodbye, a see you later. Storing Sadie at a Marina for a while to do a couple projects & go see family…. then it’s time for a new adventure. i’ll catch yall up then. xoxo Official end to The Bahamas season. I’m very emo right now and can’t recap but it was the time of my life 🩵

Left our “private dock” this morning and continued down the river. I haven’t spent much time on rivers so this is really interesting to me. Cruised under bridges, by cruise ships, downtown jacksonville, crazy strong currents, and the most dolphins i’ve ever seen! The wind was weird but picked up enough I decided to sail, it felt so weird to be sailing through a river but it was so cool. Honestly crazy to see how far i’ve come- i barely wanted to put sails out (honestly had no clue how) the entire first half of this season and now look at me sailing through a river. Disclaimer: i still have no clue what i’m doing lol. IT IS HOT, we are definitely back in Florida. I’m desperately missing that pretty blue non alligator infested water right about now 😅 After another long day we made it to an anchorage near a boat ramp where I will be able to pull my dinghy out for repairs and within walking distance to parts stores, gas stations, and food! We are so close to the end… i don’t want it to be over 🥲

anddd we’re off. I’m so sad, we are leaving the trio. Said bye to Alfred this morning, we have spent basically everyday together since we met in georgetown (aka 3 months) and it’s officially the end to this amazing season. Luckily I still have Reagan for a few more days because we are heading to the same place. We all had a blast in St. Augustine! We ran the outside for one last time today, with no engine troubles for either of us woo woo! (the troubles aren’t fixed but “band aided” enough hopefully to get us to our next destination) It was Reagan’s last day on the ocean, he’s selling his boat in the next couple weeks to go start a big boy job in Atlanta! I spent the entire day reminiscing on the past 7 months… from the refit, maiden voyage having not a clue what I was doing, to the bahamas & meeting some of my best friends. I’m emotional. LOL. I’m so happy to have this app to document everything and treat it like my personal diary 🤣🫶🏻 We made it in the St.John’s river and boy I was not expecting that current! I was flying!! We ended up at a boat ramp dock (that we definitely weren’t supposed to stay at .. oops) The tide dropped 5.5ft here 🤯 soo we couldn’t leave, i was loosely touching bottom and reagan was hard aground sideways. We have just been having a week 😅 but we made the best of it and enjoyed the security of the dock at least. Tomorrow we will continue up the river!

Left the marina this morning and transited under the bridge to the anchorage. Only stayed on a mooring one night, it was a good spot right downtown! The anchorage is just outside the mooring balls on the north side of the bridge. The current is very strong through this area and switches dramatically. Once I set the anchor I didn’t move all week. A storm came through with 25-30 kt winds and a power boat that was anchored did drag through the anchorage. It’s also just outside the no wake zone and by the inlet so it does get pretty rocky. However you are right next to municipal marina with direct access to downtown! Marina passes are pricey at $15 a day to dock the dinghy but you also get access to all marina amenities. The boys and I had a fantastic time here, although extremely overwhelming after being in the bahamas for 4 months! While in St. Augustine we ate at local restaurants, and chilis 🤣, checked out happy hours, went grocery shopping, went to a Bailey Zimmerman concert and so much more.

Woo. Another rough day. Decided to leave New Smyrna asap, currents were strong and sandbars were busy! We stopped here after our crossing, I ran aground coming in the inlet because I was so delusional from no sleep and couldn’t see anything. lol rough night. We found an auto store to try to fix our engines (Reagan and I) we topped off on fluids hoping that would be good enough to make it to St. Augustine. We were wrong… I made it to the entrance of the inlet where my boat just decided to shut off. I dropped anchor in probably the worst spot possible to keep from drifting into the jetty. Eventually was able to get it back running and had Reagan cruising right next to me out of the inlet just in case it happened again. i made it through with no issues after that. We decided to run the outside just in case we had anymore issues so we wouldn’t have to deal with strong current, bridges and weekend boaters. Wind was so shifty and current was so strong my auto pilot could not stay on course. Which made for an extremely long day. I steered and monitored the engine for 10+ hours 🥲 i know this sounds dramatic but I am not used to having to be at the helm every minute. whooo that’s tiring. Eventually we made it about 16 miles out and Reagan’s engine died and he had run out of fluids. The wind was terrible but he decided to sail for another 5 miles which took forever. Then we decided for me to tow him the last 11 miles. He towed my dinghy and then I towed him. Seatow should hire me!!! This was stressful because I’ve obviously never had to tow a boat bigger than mine plus just all the stress from this morning and a long trip all day, but I was super glad to be able to help him. I’m not sure what we would have done without each other the past few days, not only for mechanical support but mental support lol I probably would’ve gone crazy. We eventually made it into St. Augustine and fueled up at the marina, got free fresh water (wooohooo), a mooring ball, showers, laundry, all the things. Plus finally got back with the trio- Alfred made a straight shot to St. Augustine instead of stopping in New Smyrna. Now it’s time to explore the town thanks to my grandpa Mr. Ponce DeLeon- (no i’m not kidding… he’s actually my great great great x 11 grandpa) isn’t that pretty cool?!

So sad to be leaving this spot! Although we had a rough time coming in and a super rolly night of sleep- the views topped all of that by 100000x. I’m a sucker for bright blue water and a pretty sandbar and that’s exactly what double breasted is. I think it’s even worse knowing that we are heading to what will likely be on of our last stops before heading back to the US 🥲. This was a quick sail (motor sail) up to Grand Cay, coming around the bend into the anchorage there was some strong current but short and nothing you can’t push through while motoring. Once in this bay it’s extremely calm and protected from most angles. The bay is super open so even if you drug a little there’s nothing to hit unless you anchor close to the rocks. It took a minute for anchor to set but once it did it lasted for days. The beach here is fantastic for fires as you’ll see when you visit- there are several fire rings, homemade tiki bars, big smokers, grills and unfortunately also a lot of trash. We did see wild pigs and dogs roaming the beach so beware. However they were pretty skiddish. Sunsets are beautiful here, mosquitoes not so much. Very buggy on the beach but not too bad at the boat but I would recommend closing up before bed. We fished on the heads and reefs all around the outside of the bay and it was hit or miss but we were able to stock up the freezer and have dinner every night. This was a great spot to spend our last few days! Super quiet- we were the only ones here most the time with the occasional 1-2 others passing through for a night to continue on to FL

Left allan’s cay to head to Double breasted with the boys. I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews about anchoring at double breasted but I’ve also heard how insanely gorgeous it is. After a super long day of motor sailing mainly motoring we made it. I was very on edge anchoring because of the strong current and tide shift. Dropped anchor and backed down on it hard- well in doing so my “floating” tow line ended up well… not floating 😅 It got wrapped around the prop and shut the whole engine down. I immediately called Reagan and Alfred for back up- unbeknownst to me Reagan had just done the exact same thing at the exact same time. So weird!! Luckily the came over to help and I jumped in, cut the rope and was able to take her for a spin to make sure everything was okay. Not going to lie I was very panicked in the moment because i thought I had done more serious damage to prop or worse. But everything was fine and so was reagan’s! We anchored here for a night and had no issues with the current or tide and dragging, however we had a very rough and rolly night with the wind and swell coming in which made for an uneasy night of sleep. The views though are definitely worth it. We went to the sandbar i the next day and OMG it was stunning. Found sea biscuits, sand dollars, conch, and so much more. We met up with other friends, chatted, soaked up the sun and what will probably be our last views of this beautiful bright blue water for the remainder of this bahamas season. It’s such a bittersweet time. I’m so grateful to this app for bringing me these friends- they have helped me SO much and it’s been the most amazing season exploring gorgeous places like this with them. I probably would’ve chickened out on this spot because of the reviews if I hadn’t been with the boys. So glad I didn’t even though getting here and anchored was stressful!

Leaving Powell Cay today was the saddest i’ve been of anywhere in the Abacos. I loved the little island around the corner from the anchorage. Didn’t have much wind so motorsailed up to Allan’s to meet up with Alfred and Reagan!! Super excited to be back buddying with them. I had to rent a car from here and go to marsh harbour for a vet appt at Phoenix vet. I rented from a local guy and it was great

Not me! Sailed off anchor, and the entire way to powell. Wind was super shifty. It was such a good learning day. Played around with the sails a lot, figured out how Sadie likes to ride in certain situations. I’m loving this. Did a little wing on wing action- first time ever!! so proud of myself for figuring that out. I also had to do multiple tacks which was super fun. Normally if we have to do that we would just turn the motor on LOL. Also i’m obsessed with this anchorage. Weather has been great, and around the corner is the most beautiful sandbar and island i’ve seen in all the Abacos so far. So many sea biscuits and amazing shells.

woohoooo, I successfully sailed off anchor. I’ve only done this one other time so this was exciting. I did have the motor on and used it to turn slightly but that’s it. I then shut er down and sailed the rest of the way, I also sailed onto anchor which was my first time ever doing that… FUN!!! I don’t love this anchorage it’s a little rolly so hopefully one night here then keep on moving! Days like today keep spirits high after a rough couple weeks!!

I had a really cool experience and a really scary one today. (read to the end for a plot twist) I had a guy message me and ask how the anchorage I was at was for protection. (he saw my live location) i warned him that it was not protected at all and super rolly. He thanked me and we discussed our plans for the cut. He offered to buddy boat across the passage with me and even go through the cut first and radio to me the conditions after…. and isn’t that so nice?! Anyways we met up and cruised together in calm conditions about 2 hours after an insane squall came through. The cut was no big deal and super calm, we realized we both were continuing the same way. Off in the distance all of the sudden the skies were grey and i smelt the rain coming (florida girl core). I was cruising at 5.5 kts and as soon as the storm hit us i immediately dropped to 0.6kts!!! The winds were blowing against us, swell picked up and had several crashes over the bow, pelting rain, thunder and the worst… lighting all around. The storm lasted for what felt like forever but was probably 30-45 mins. I was glad to have Paul there with me, we stayed super close to each other and just rode it out. Although we were both solo it felt like we had someone else with us and made it feel a little bit safer. Now here’s the crazy part…. I was about a mile from the anchorage i was heading towards, the storm had just started letting up but still coming down and all the sudden i see a DINGHY coming across our bow. I began filming and thinking what in the heck is this person doing out in these conditions…. As the dinghy got closer and closer a million thoughts are going through my head and then i realize ITS MY FRIEND ALFRED. This psycho saw my live track on the app where I was getting spun around and barely moving and came out to check on me🫶🏻. Although i’m solo right now I feel very blessed to have people who care and check in (even in absolutely crazy ways😅) and super thankful for this app on bringing sailors together ⛵️🙌🏼🩷

oof. a tough one. I left marsh harbour with the goal of sailing to green turtle. The first hour or so of the trip was great. just sails ups, cruising bout 3.5 kts… not getting there fast but getting there! Then the squalls hit… wind was coming from every direction, pouring rain. no biggy, i turned on the motor and kept cruising. As I got to Don’t rock passage the swell picked up and was going to make for a rough but doable cross over the sandbar… that was until 7ft, 6ft,5ft,4ft,3ft… luckily I draft less than that so no issue, however with the swell i was concerned of hitting bottom while bouncing around so i made the tough decision to turn around. This brought its own set of challenges now going head into the swell which sadie didn’t love. On top of that we have been having an issue where our sail is getting caught and wrapped around the bottom of the furler with the only way of untangling is completely pulling out all the lines and rerunning them which is obviously terrible while the winds blowing and underway. The last two times this has happened i’ve been able to pull it tight enough to stay until i got anchored. This time though… not so lucky the wind caught it and started flapping all around getting tangled even more. I put on auto pilot and went to the bow to handle this situation, the autopilot couldn’t keep up and sadie was getting pushed sideways, I ran to the back of the boat to steer and realized we had been pushed so far sideways we were about to be on a wreck and another sandbar. I quickly steered us away and just wrapped limes around the sail to hold it down. I’m suprised it survived the 30kt gusts but it did until I was able to get into the nearest anchorage.. that had zero protection. To add onto all the stress of the day already- as i was pulling into the anchorage the engine died 3 times. I’m sure I would’ve handled this better with more experience or with the help of someone else but i’m proud of myself for staying calm (i didn’t even cry once.. 🤣🤣) and figuring it out.

Back to Marsh, LAST TIME! The convenience is great but I swear if I have to come back here one more time 😅😅 okay that’s a little dramatic but i’m ready to keep heading north and hopefully get somewhere with some pretty water ASAP. These squalls and mucky water are not hitting.

Motor to Marsh for fuel and water then going to carry on north.. hopefully 😅 this back and forth is getting old. Got anchored no issues, couldn’t get fuel because the tide was so low. Will retry in the morning.

hop and a skip back over to hope town, fishing in the Elbow Reef Classic tournament tomorrow morning! Easy motor and anchor back in front of the lighthouse! Gosh these views don’t get old

Left Hatchet Bay after a loud night in the anchorage.. I slept like a rock (as usual) but poor Grace was kept up til 3am by the local bar blaring music. The protection in this bay is fantastic but other than that I don’t really see the appeal of this anchorage. Anywhoooo, we departed to head to queens bath and then to hit current cut on the outgoing tide. However when we got to the glass bridge anchorage it was super calm so we decided to spend the night instead of rushing to see everything in just an hour. We had such a fun day here and were able to anchor super close to shore. We just paddled into shore, went over to queens bath, then walked to the glass bridge and then impulsively decided to hitch hike all the way to the sapphire blue hole. We ate at trees bbq, a random backyard bbq station in the trees.. of someone’s literal backyard but boyyyy was it delicious and such good prices. We then popped into a local bar for a kalik and to eat our food, from there we hitchhiked all the way back. We are really leaning into everything each settlement has to offer and having more fun everyday!

Quick trip to hatchet bay after a nice relaxing stay in governors harbor. After all the hustle and bustle of the Exumas it was a welcomed change of pace in Eleuthera! My phone, computer and watch all broke so that’s quite the bummer, we spent the morning with a local police man turned electronic repair man on his day off trying to fix them but with no success. Now I’ll really be remote lol. The trip was a straight shot and extremely smooth, although not a lick of wind…. no really, maybe 3 kts of gust every now and then & boy was it toasty. Threw out a couple lines to troll over the banks and caught a tasty cero mackerel and a not so tasty barracuda, it was quite the thrill. We will probably hang out here for a day or two so I can get over to surfers beach and finally put this board to use 🏄‍♀️🏄‍♀️

wooooo, what a day! Started with a 3:15 am wake up call to make it to Wax Cay Cut at slack. It was pretty sketchy navigating through the rocks and rolly waves to get to the cut, then once in it boy was it rough. x10000 because we couldn’t see where the waves were coming from and were just getting thrown all around. Once we made it through there we motored for a couple hours til sunlight through some pretty rolly swells 3-5 ft 2-3 secs i would guess. Wind angle wasn’t entirely favorable so we were pretty much sideways against the waves making it even worse, but we put up the sails and it felt a lot better. I went to take a nap and was awaken by Grace frantically telling me that “somethings going on with the fishing pole there’s almost no line left on the reel” LOL i jumped up so fast- initially worried i left the bail open. Began reeling that in for the next 30 mins with a mahi on the end! We were SO stoked, this was our first one of the trip! We manifested this crossing would be when we caught one and we did! We sailed for id say 3/4 of the trip which is super great for us as we are still learning. We made it into Governors Harbor just before sunset, got anchored and ready for a long night of sleep and an easy going day tomorrow, along with our fish tacos for dinner tomorrow night 🤤🤤. (last pic is fish blood on my face blending in with my freckles 🤣🤣)

Anchored at Obriens for a night, as we were sitting around I noticed a big blob in the water. We assumed it was a shark but I wasn’t fully convinced so i jumped in the dinghy to investigate, it turned out to be a huge eagle ray! I jumped in and swam with him for a bit it was so magical. We are currently inside the Land N Sea park and it’s so vibrant and full of life unlike anywhere else we’ve been so far. We woke up and went to snorkel the Aquarium and that too was absolutely stunning. We left on a journey to Warderick Wells and as we were going in we had a change of plans to skip on by and continue to Shroud Cay. As we were coming into Shroud we motored through a big yacht anchorage and of course at that time the sail got stuck😅 I was taking a little siesta and Grace woke me up, I ran out and we gave all of those super yachts a good show of me looking crazy trying to get it untangled…. #newbiestatus. Not sure how we managed to get the sail stuck like that butttt uhh yeah still learning 🤣 Then we continued on and anchored just slightly north of where the chaos ensued. We are excited to check out all that’s around here!

Rocky Dundas was super cool- we went at slack high tide but still were able to swim down under the rocks and get into the cave. We checked those out and then dove on some rocky areas outside our anchorage just outside the Land n Sea park- didn’t get anything. We pulled anchor and headed north to Obriens Cay to check out The Aquarium. Coming in the cut was roughhhh, waves coming every which way, plus we were towing the dinghy with the outboard on and was just a rough ride. Shortly after we got anchored I kept noticing a huge dark spot swimming off to the side of us so I jumped in the dinghy to go explore and it turned out to be a massive spotted ray! I jumped in and swam beside him and it was SO magical. I’m very excited to dive the Aquarium tomorrow!

Went to Rachels Bubble Bath- it’s SO beautiful there. The baths are so much fun, the best way to describe it is the feeling you get when you take the first sip of a soda and the carbonation hits your throat- that’s the same feeling your body gets when the waves crash over the rocks and create the bubbles. Now off to dive off Fowl Cay hopefully get some dinner before we renter the Land n Sea park. Then dinghy over to the rocky dundas caves!

Quick little jaunt north about a mile. Nice slow morning, i worked out- Grace pumped out the bilges (also a workout 😅) then pulled anchor and motored north to anchor in front of the bubble bath. We will probably just spend the afternoon here and continue bopping north slowly. Loving these slow days and short sails🫶🏻⛵️🇧🇸 Also- please take a gander at the photos because Hadley Mae is so happy and cute 🐶

Made the quick jump north to Compass Cay. We put out the sails and it took some playing around before getting them right. (go grace!) Sailed for about 45 mins and then motored the rest of the way. We cut across a major sandbar to test out our draft, and depth finder abilities LOL. Grace said “that was a thrill” We watched the numbers drop drop drop down to 2.9 ft which was plenty of room for us. We lost more of our group today so it’s just us and the Pasha now. Hopefully we will meet back up with Waverly in the next couple days. As we were pulling into this anchorage we saw a waterspout just out in front of us. 🌪️

Quick morning sail to Big Major. Another day of no motor sailing! We’ve been having perfect winds and getting to practice our sailing which has been fun. Another group sail and anchor- loving these slow pace short days with the crew 🩷 We will hang out here in staniel for a couple days for the little blow coming in and then continue north to explore more of the Exumas!

Pulled anchor around 7:30 am and took off. Sadie can run the back side of the islands but unfortunately no one else in our group could so we split up. We all made great time and pulled into Oven Rock anchorage right about the same time. We had a quiet and quick sail up. We worked more on our sailing and turned the engine off again today! We really are becoming sailors 😉😅

We left georgetown this morning after a looonggg few weeks. Today was our first FULL sail, aka no engine at all. Very proud of us, we are still learning so much and sailed the whole way here, at a very great speed too! Buddy boating with three other boats and bopping around up the exumas! Very excited for what’s to come ⛵️

Sea people hail for beach fire in Georgetown 🙌🏼 got to finally meet some online friends, and make some new ones 🔥🤙🏼⛵️

Today was a day i’ll remember forever!! Woke up to a text from my friend Reagan asking if i wanted to buddy boat over to Long Island. Of course I said yes and immediately started getting the boat ready to go, after being anchored in Georgetown for 1.5 weeks it was a process lol. Grace my boat buddy had to fly out for a couple weeks so i’ve been on my own but haven’t sailed up until this point because my mom was visiting and weather wasn’t great. I motored out of the harbour and once out over the ledge I dropped in two lines trolling a couple different loud squids hoping to heighten the stoke and land something big… spoiler alert I caught nothing again.. 🥲 I put up the main sail which was a little stressful to do alone for the first time but I got it up and sailed away! The halyard on the jib snapped on our last sail and we haven’t climbed up to fix it so the main is all I had for this trip. I was getting 2.5-3kts in about 6-10 kts of wind.. not sure if that’s “good” or not but I felt like a million bucks 🙌🏼 As I was sailing along just looking out in the deep blue Bahamian waters it was such a surreal moment that I was out there doing it. This trip has lit the fire for me, this may have been my first sail but it definitely won’t be my last. I have SO much to learn but i’m so excited to continue on this journey- this is just the beginning ⛵️ Once I arrived to Long Island, I was in awe at how beautiful the water is. I’d say the most beautiful i’ve seen so far. There’s big cliffs just around the cove, great coral heads, lots of big fish, tons of marine life, tasty conch fritters at the local happy hour, lots of flats (hopefully some bonefish👀), and fantastic weather so far. Excited to see what else this trip brings 🌊🩷🏄‍♀️🌸

Left this morning at slack tide to go out the cut it was uneventful. Pretty rolly all day. Went out a little to the deeper water and trolled 2 poles the whole way and switched lures- nothing. Our luck has not been great in fishing department. Would love for anyone to chime in on some tips or hotspots in georgetown or nearby. (ik ik no one will give their honey holes away but maybe steer us in the right direction lol… i promise i wont tell 😂) Made it an anchored up with the other hundred boats around us but shallow and on the far end. Will probably stay here for the blow the next couple days 🙌🏼🌊 I was wave jumping on the bow and watching the video back is very humbling cause i felt like i was flying 😂😂

Woke up this morning & went to get on the dinghy to take hadley mae to shore and we had a suprise visitor. Scared the bejeezus out of me as he swam right up to my leg as i was stepping in. He hung around all morning- the yachts behind us were chumming the water all night so i’m sure he’s used to getting a free meal here often. We left for another long day south- had some light rain for about 30 mins and that was it. Got to Rat Cay right before sunset and anchored up- it was glassy we were sitting on chain until we went to bed. We were awakened around 2 am by howling wind and the boat swinging . Had some unpredicted 30+ kt winds & lightning storm kick through. Had a cute little beach but parts were very rocky to get to shore while others sandy and easily accessible.

We left Norman’s Cay this morning in an attempt to make it as close to Georgetown as possible before the blow this weekend. But not before diving the plane wreck!!! It was so cool. Grace is flying out of Georgetown on the 3rd so we’ve got to make it down there by at least then. Todays cruise was pretty uneventful- i cleaned out the oil from the motor compartment this morning and don’t have toooo much more from todays ride. We’re still unsure exactly what’s going on there 😅😅 We made it to Staniel Cay where we anchored up near two super yachts- as we were cooking dinner their tender came over to tell us we were anchored right on top/near their anchor and they were leaving so we stayed up waiting for them to leave so we could move the boat a little bit for them. oopsiessss. We will be waking up tomorrow and getting right back to another long day😴

Left Nassau this morning after a fun packed few days! I really enjoyed it contrary to everyone’s opinions on stopping there. We had good wind this morning threw up the sails and boom the halyard on the jib snapped. We are unsure what fully happened and had a long day ahead so we put the sail away and continued on with the main. It was pretty choppy and cloudy all day but we made it across the yellow bank. We also had a coolant/oil leak but topped that off and continued on again and will check in with that tomorrow. besides all that we had a good day and finally made it to the Exumas! Ready to start adventuring down here and hopefully meeting more cruisers!

We left our little anchorage on the west end of Nassau to head to the east side of the island. I personally loved this anchorage. The water was gorgeous. It was away from all the hustle and bustle of the city. Visibility distance was very far. The Ocean Atlas statue is a short dinghy ride away and a super cool dive/snorkel! There’s also waves to surf- i saw them but assumed there were a lot of rocks/coral but a local said they are surfable.. maybe for someone with a little more experience 😅 Soooo many starfish here too. We left and went around the north side and entered the harbor. You must radio and be granted permission to enter the harbor but it was super easy to navigate and a couple anchorages right in the harbor. They’re good holding but obviously it’s a super busy place so you’re constantly rocking from all the wakes from tour boats and they do not slow down through the anchorage- but it’s not terrible. Just a short dingy ride to the pig beach, a dingy dock, atlantis, margaritaville, straw market, rose island. etc etc etc.

We left little harbour early this morning and went out ocean side to head towards Nassau. Boy the waves were big but the period was so far apart so they weren’t terrible except for the fact they were hitting us on the side so lots of rolly back and forth. I trolled the entire way with 2 different squid and didn’t get anything. The cruise itself is a pretty straightforward path. We saw a few other “Sea Peoplers” and passed right by them- we were able to tell from live tracking! That was super fun. We anchored on the west end of the island and it was so calm and quiet. The water was stunning.

We left Hoffmans Cay and headed down to Little Harbor. We anchored just outside the cut, once e got close Jay came out on the dinghy offering to help us navigate to the inside of the island. We stayed on the outside since it was just for the night. The sail down was simple but there are a lot of shallow areas. We dinghied into Chester’s restaurant the “Flos Conch Shack” we called the day prior for a group of about 15 of us and made a “reservation”. He was super welcoming, the water is gorgeous, tons of turtles, lots of conch shells!

Moved over a cove for the blow coming in. Still not a ton of protection, she’s getting a little rolly. I’m kinda excited to experience some “rolliness” 🤣 I’ll check back after to see if the vibes are still as high LOL EDIT: it wasn’t bad at all. Anchor held fine and got some wind and rain which was nice.

We took the back side which gets very shallow but we knew we could make it as it’s the same way we came in. We towed the dinghy for the first time and that went well. Had issues with autopilot and recalibrated it and seems to be doing a little better. This was my favorite little spot yet! Blue hole cliff jumping, pretty beach, gorgeous water, a fun little swing and campfires with friends 🩷

We left the marina this morning to anchor out just outside the cut. Grace did some dinghy exploring while I stayed back to get caught up on some work and rest. Let’s hope she comes back with some dinner 🐟🎣 We loved Great Harbour Cay Marina- it was a super easy entrance/exit, slips are wide, facilities are up to date and clean, there’s onsight charter fishing, complimentary bike rentals, a restaurant (we had grouper fingers & wings with the “pink sauce”), laundry, ice, immigration/customs, and more! I went for a run this morning and got lost and forgot to download a map before hand so my easy mile run turned into 5 😅 It was gorgeous though- small village, airport and cool views. $2 a foot for slip, $.50 a gallon for water, and also per kwh for electricity which we didn’t need. We plan on staying in this anchorage another day then heading south? who knows… it changes everyday! 🌞🌊🌸

We left our safety cove of Whale Cay this morning after hiding from the blow the past 2 nights. It was a super smooth ride, gorgeous weather, sunny & 75 babbyyyy 🌞 We came the “back way” lol ran aground ever so softly in about 2.5 ft of water- pulled up the rudders and drive leg and then carried on. Bless our 18inch draft 🙌🏼😅 We arrived at Great Harbour Cay Marina to officially clear in since we were unable to due to the weather. Grace went in to do all the paperwork- we didn’t do any of it before hand… but it all went smoothly. Plus we had our first dolphin tag along today 🐬🐬🐬 Hadley Mae is SUPER stoked to be back on shore and set the record for worlds longest pee 🐶 we still need to work on the grass pad thing…. We plan on staying for a night and then getting to all the fun stuff 🎉

Well… we didn’t get as lucky with this one as our crossing but we made it! The first several hours out of bimini were GORGEOUS!! We originally planned to head towards andros and get in an anchorage for the weather. However, the weather changed slightly and we determined that wasn’t gonna have any protection so we searched and found whale cay which should have some protection from north winds…. Slightly naive? maybe. but we are researching, consulting, learning and trying our best. This weather coming in will be a good test.. good thing our drafts 18 inches 😅 We tucked away in between bird cay and whale cay just about as far as you can get before cat cay. Waves are significantly smaller than about 100 yards out in 10-15ft of water. We’re in about 5 up here. There was another catamaran when we arrived which gave us a good sign, although they promptly left so don’t know what that means LOL. We are confident and hopeful in this spot and will be on high alert through the night and day tomorrow. Windy app said 2ft waves while we were cruising yet they were consistently breaking on bow throughout the night, thankfully they got slightly better this morning. Anyways, another long cruise in the books and really loving adding the miles to our books ⛵️🫶🏻 Everyday we are learning more and more it’s so much fun!

Happy Women’s day! 🌸🫶🏻⛵️ What better way than doing our first ever crossing! Just the three of us girls (yes Hadley Mae is included🐶) We are so excited to start exploring the bahamas and getting some miles under our belts!

What a PERFECT crossing. We waited it out and were definitely rewarded. This was my first ever crossing and first ever sail! ⛵️ Super calm seas, ever so bumpy every now and then. Passed 5-6 cruise ships/cargos. So stoked to finally be here! okay now time for bed 😴😴

Today was A DAY. We began to have issues while motoring along with our engine just dying. After multiple tries we came to the conclusion that it must be our fuel filters- given our boat has been sitting for 3 years on the hard it made sense. We anchored up and grace went to shore to walk 4 miles round trip to the west marine. After fooling around with fuel filters all day and test driving around we came to the new conclusion that our fuel tank switches are set backwards and we never had a fuel filter issue…. just an empty fuel tank 😅😅. We plan to take off tomorrow bright and early and make it to the boynton harbor marina at open to fill our tanks. What can we say… live & learn LOL.

Day 2! We left our anchorage this morning and cruised down the ICW. A bridge was malfunctioning so we were forced to go out the Jupiter inlet into the ocean for the first time and thankfully we had the perfect weather! It was so much fun. we stopped just outside the palm beach inlet to jump in for our first swim off of her and then we cruised down to the Lantana bridge and anchored just outside it for the evening.

This was our first ever cruise on Sadie after sitting on the hard for three years! It was a great first day to learn- locks, bridges, running aground 😅, and anchoring. Great and eventful first day can’t wait to keep on treking south!