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I started sailing in 2020 when I quit my job in the city and left Italy, my home country. I moved to Panama, working as a cook/stew on sailboats. In 2021 I crossed the Pacific Ocean from Panama to French Polynesia on a Outremer 51, with a 1 month stop in the Galápagos Islands. Sailed in French Polynesia for 6 months. In 2022 back to Europe to buy a boat but due to unfortunate circumstances, didn’t happen. So then I spent 8 months sailing in Greece working on a Jeanneau 64. In 2024 I sailed for the all summer between Sardinia, Corsica and South of France working on a Sunreef 70. This year I spent almost 2 months a half sailing in the Caribbean. Always excited for more adventures and meet other cruisers out there! Since I started sailing, I got connected more and more to the ocean. I just love being in the water and that’s what pushed me to learn freediving 🧜🏼♀️ I would love to learn spearfishing too! I would love to accomplish my dream sailing in Papua (raja ampat is on my bucketlist for years) the Philippines, Indonesia! 🤩 Drop me a message if you are sailing in that part of the world and looking for a crew!
We stayed a full day at Rudder Cut Cay to celebrate @silvi4s ‘s birthday! We explored the cave at low tide and dove on the Musician Mermaid. After brunch is when the photo shoot started! Back on the boat, we did our best to make @silvi4s ‘s favorite cake and cook up a tasty dinner. We got the approval spatula lick! The following day we set off for Staniel Cay. Dropped the hook and headed for Thunderball Grotto. We ended the day with a couple beers at the yacht club and dinner back on the boat.
The time had come for @BurritoBandit to leave us. After dropping him off in George Town, we pulled the hook and sailed up to Rudder Cut Cay. Arrived before sunset and settled down for dinner and sundowners.
We had a plan; a fabulous plan concocted two nights before departing. Turns out @leadingtheescapade were planning to set off the same day for the Bahamas. When two sailboats are going in the same direction… race on! Shit was talked, wagers were made. We were to meet at the point at 1100… but our autopilot had other plans. Our autopilot went out on our passage from PR and we had been troubleshooting it. We thought we resolve the issue (power connection problems) but seems we had not. End up spending an hour testing the power supply line and tracing the circuit back to the panel. Found the wire was loose at the panel! With the autopilot working again and supplies restocked, we set off trying to make up time. Alas, the light winds did not treat Grace well and Escapade was flying their ballooner. The light winds made for a peaceful start to the four day passage. When we came across a pod of bottlenose whales we had to stop and investigate! While stopped, why not go for a swim! The wind and seas picked up over the days to the point Grace’s saloon island wasn’t able to stay upright! We had to lash it down to prevent anymore damage. Once the hook was dropped, we all had some much needed rest. Then it was off to check in, grab a few drinks, and eat; not necessarily in that order. We had to end the day by going for a wonder and some sundowners at Chat ‘N Chill.
A two night passage from PR to Samana. Sadly no fish (we won’t talk about the one that spooled us), but we did make arrival pancakes after some much needed rest. It was a bit sporty the last few miles with squalls and rough seas. Oh, did I mention that our autopilot went out and we had to hand steer the last 12 hrs?
Day sail from St Thomas to Puerto Rico to kick off the trek back to the states. Arrived late but was still able to make a run for provisions.
