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A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 6/23/2024 6/30/2024

We learned some new dance moves, how to harvest giant clams and weave hats from palm fronds. Soon enough, a hoard of sailors joined us from the anchorage… (read more)

A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 6/16/2024- 6/23/2024

The days have begun to blend together: mornings in the water, afternoons spent paddle boarding or exploring new beaches, and cocktails together on the bow at sunset. We are loving it here… (read more)

A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 6/02/2024 – 6/09/2024

Sunrise came and went, but the visibility was poor, and the wind had picked up to ~25kn. These are the exact opposite conditions we were hoping for… (read more)

A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 5/26/2024 – 6/02/2024

It was miserably hot that night and too rough to open the hatches. We joked while switching shifts to “enjoy your time at the sweat lodge!” or “Have a nice sauna session!” when it was time for one of us to attempt to sleep inside… (read more)

A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 1/7/2024 – 1/14/2024​

Monday and Tuesday were a blur of contractors, coming and going as needed to complete the last of our scheduled work on Sabado before we went back in the water… (read more)

We hauled Sabado out of the water on December 20th and flew out to spend the holidays with our family in Mexico… (read more)

A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 12/10/2023 – 12/17/2023

As we left the protection of the island, the seas grew. We were putting our third reef in the mainsail when the wind speed hit 40kn. Even over the howling wind, we could hear the sail billowing more than usual. We looked back to see… (read more)

A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 12/03/2023 – 12/10/2023

Ray made a couple of cocktails to soften the disappointment of missing out on yet another thing we wanted to do… (read more)

A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 11/26/2023 – 12/3/2023

We took the dinghy back to Sabado, showered, and were relaxing in our saloon when Ray noticed another boat practically on top of us- they were dragging anchor, and no one was aboard… (read more)

A Week Aboard S/V Sabado: 11/19/2023 – 11/26/2023

One of the only survivors turned out to be a prisoner who had been kept in a windowless underground cell and was later discovered by rescue workers… (read more)