First SOLO SAIL 🙌🏼⛵️🎉🌸🌊🏝️

Alexis DeLeon

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 🌊🩷🏄‍♀️🌸

Boat & Crew

Sadie

Gemini, 105m

Grace R

Owner

Hadley Mae

Pet, Female

Alexis DeLeon

Owner