A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 5/8/2022 – 5/15/2022
We lounged around in our beanbag chairs on the bow all afternoon, enjoying the sunshine and solitude until the wind began to pick up. We excitedly hoisted the main, cranked out the gennaker, and shut the engines off. We cruised along for the rest of the day with an average speed of… (read more)
A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 3/27/2022 – 4/3/2022
Recently, we began getting alarms indicating that it was time to change the filter, but when we looked, the filter was fine. After taking the whole thing apart, Ray found a check valve clogged with seaweed. It turns out the sea strainer that comes with the watermaker was… (read more)
———-Guest Post———- Nicknames are given to you by friends, family, and foe for a myriad of reasons. Some are based on character references while others have a personal significance to the givers of said nicknames. Some are meant as a sarcastic satirical view of the aptly named subject while some are logical and to-the-point. My…
I’ve been asked by friends, family, and a couple potential crew members for photos or a video tour of my home, Sabado. So, here it is.
High winds are on the forecast and I quickly discuss how I prepare.
I thought I would provide a bit of details on the still developing plans for 2020. Sabado is currently in the Caribbean heading North with Ft. Lauderdale as our destination. We’ll be leaving Dominica in two weeks with a total of four crew on board. This trip will take about two weeks since we’ll be…
Full time living and cruising on a boat is an amazing experience. It is also a lot of work! You’re often far away from any help so when things break, you have to know how to fix them and things break all the time. Sabado is self sufficient. We make our own power and water,…
I usually get one of four responses when I tell someone that I sold everything, bought a sailboat, and now live on the ocean full-time. “You’re crazy!”, “Nice, a permanent vacation!”, “I’ve always dreamed of doing that”, or “Why?” The response I dread the most is “why?” Not because I don’t want to explain but…
Sabado is my home. She has all the same amenities as most homes. She has a kitchen (galley), living room (saloon), back deck (cockpit), front porch (bow), three bedrooms (cabins), three bathrooms (heads), and a garage (lockers). But since Sabado is for exploration, she also has a full compliment of sails, two diesel engines, 1000…
