*The Behind The Scenes of Making our Sailing Dream Come True*
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PROUD of my Husband. Captain Jonathan made sure we will be alright! He did everything to fix our S/V Empress since we bought her in May 2017 and after surviving the Hurricane! Finally, the last 24 hours we proved that all the hard work was worth it, Empress looked after us as we sailed her for the first time with just the two of us (and our cat) as the crew!
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For 2 days, our monohull sailboat is swaying and swinging non-stop while anchored! Feels like I’m on a hammock with non-stop movement.. had to take seasick tablets because it made me really dizzy yesterday!
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It’s true.. expect the unexpected and things will always turn great if you’re grateful and with God’s guidance! ❤️
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Having spent a full week in Bimini putting Empress back together after our slightly turbulent Gulf Stream crossing, we left the marina and exited the channel at around mid tide to head north around the top of the island and across the Great Bahama Banks.
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Ha, been incredible days here, we’ve just been meeting wonderful people since we started this new chapter of our life and can’t stop being grateful.. the more you give, the more you’ll receive! ❤️❤️
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Really loving this trip so far esp now that we’ve been meeting incredible people who are treating us like their family! THANK YOU, God! ❤️🙏
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“It’s a beautiful day to be alive!!” We were greeted by a local Bahamian lady before we entered the church 🙏
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another thing was checked on my bucket list.. seeing the SWIMMING PIGS in Big Major Cay here in the Exumas!
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After the move from Shroud Cay, we finally had calmer weather and water, so I was able to clean and organize everything back on the boat!
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We finally arrived in The EXUMAS of The Bahamas which is our targeted destination to island hop but glad that our journey from Florida Keys brought us to Bimini by crossing the Gulf Stream to Nassau via the Great Bahama Bank and to the South east of New Providence Island to wait for the better weather, the unexpected stop became one of the coolest days we’ve ever had! ☀️
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There was no more drama after that and we made our way into a slip at Bimini Bluewater Marina, which at only $1 a foot was the perfect place for us to put the boat back together, put ourselves back together and learn from the mistakes we’d made in our first substantial sea trial since buying Empress over 8 months earlier - riding and crossing the Gulf Stream. It might not have been particularly graceful, but we had made it!
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Spent the whole day swimming and chilling by the beach area yesterday! We also tried if our “Dome” camera is working and got lucky we had the swimming pool for ourselves... that’s what others use to have half-water and half-land kinda photos! Haha 😎
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After all the crazy boat work that my husband did for the last 8 months and 2 successful sailing on our own, I think that our little family deserves a treat!
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We’re still here in Palm Cay marina in the SouthEast of New Providence Island but Jonathan already checked the weather and we will be crossing our island hopping on Thursday morning because the waves will still be rough tomorrow afternoon.. we can handle it but we also have to conside our Captain Ahab!❤️
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Signal is often bad inside the sailboat so Kach and I have to go out and get wifi somewhere. It is harder for me since I can’t be in two places at once. As you all know, I’m the one doing all the boat repairs. As if the universe heard us, UberSignal reached out to us and sent us their Drive 4G-X Extreme Marine Signal Booster Kit :)
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The Mantus Anchor digs like no other. It is designed to penetrate dense grassy bottoms and set with unparalleled holding power.
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Loving the vibes here.. the marina is getting busier with more boats arriving and reserving a spot for this week to be sheltered from the wind!
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The marina where we are staying now is a more expensive option but we need a protected place for the sailboat because of the wind in the next couple of days! We can’t just anchor anywhere here because of the shallow water and corals/ rocks everywhere! 🤭
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