Long Island > Luperon (with a few exciting events in between)

Ahlani & Kyle

Holy guacamole, what a ride! After leaving Clarence Town in the early hours of 2/18 we had one of our best days of sailing over Crooked and Acklin Islands! We discovered a leak in our fuel hose around midnight which caused an emergency stop in Mayaguana for fuel and a quick repair. Left Mayaguana at 5pm with two other sailboats (sv Cherry Ripe & sv Unity) heading southwest around T&Cs. Super peaceful night of motor sailing. Then engine seized around 7am just west of the bank with no wind - we realized the fuel we got in Mayaguana was bad so Kyle bled the system and we were up and running again within two hours. The front we had been riding finally caught up to us around 1pm and hit us like a wall! 30kt winds and 6ft seas, yikes. Conditions stayed like that prettttty much all night which made for a very uncomfortable ride in our lil 34’ mono. To add to the fun, electronics went down around 3pm which meant no Navionics, running lights, limited radio communications, etc. Luckily we had our Garmin InReach to rely on coordinates and weather updates from my family. Finally made it into Luperon around 8:30am verrrry tired but so happy to be here! Feels great to have accomplished our longest and most challenging sail yet!

Boat & Crew

Regalo

Hunter, 34

Totem

Pet, Male

Ahlani & Kyle

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