10 Days at Sea!!! Sailing Nonstop from the Bahamas to the US Virgin Islands - Episode 10 

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Thank you! Yeah we were pretty beat but it was an amazing feeling when we finally anchored down!

Hey Steve! Welcome aboard! We appreciate you going back to watch the start of our journey! We hope you notice some improvement in both our sailing ability as well as editing! Cheers!

@@SailingOneLife Yes, you guys have come a long way. Good quality video. Curious which video auditing software you usand your source for music. I have used Final Cut Pro. Very powerful. Be safe. Man do have a lot of watching to do.

Thanks, Ronco! We were super proud of ourselves after accomplishing this sail!

Thank you!! Super excited to share these upcoming episodes!

i have onelife on a boat tracking website and it says you have been at Bora Bora for a while now? is that right? @@SailingOneLife

Thanks, Joel! We remember that passage so well. We've come a long way since then!

Haha yeah turns out our grandma's don't want to see our butt cheeks 😜 some things aren't meant to be shared.

@@SailingOneLife indeed. I often hear folks talk about how puritanical America is because, for instance, we do not show boobs on TV and such while other countries do. Or that in other countries women can walk around with their boobs out. I would rather not see the boobs out all of the time because then boobs would, at some point, cease to be special. I want the pleasure of unwrapping them and experiencing them for myself. But people STILL insist that we should be like these other places. I say no, lets keep some things special.

Thanks, Dirk! ⛵🤙

Thanks, Harold! It was a wild ten days when your just starting out haha

We definitely need to talk about fishing more in a video! Our main secret: we have lines in the water just about any time the boat is moving and constantly are checking and resetting them. We used to troll skirted ballyhoo back in our powerboat days, but now we mostly stick to small daisy chains of squid lures. And we usually try to have one lure below the surface. That one doesn't always catch the fish, but seems to help attract them. If you know the basics already you'll have no problem fishing in saltwater!

Thank you, Soma Devo! That little bird gave us the motivation we needed to keep going! ⛵🤙

Sleeping is tough with just the two of us on long passages. Our 4 hour 'break' normally only allows us to sleep probably 3 hours of that.....by the time we eat something, fall asleep etc. And we never really do get deep sleep, but after a couple days your body starts to get used to the new schedule. We are always exhausted after long sails by the time we get there but the destination is always worth it! ⛵♥️

Hey Mark! We really appreciate all your positive words! We hope you can get out here soon! Things are definitely starting to be easier covid wise for sailing! No more quarantines etc. Thanks for going back to watch our earlier videos! We are happy to hear you are enjoying them!

Thanks Tim! So happy to have you following along on our journey!

Thanks! As new sailors we felt pretty accomplished after that! Cheers!

Thanks Joe! Sometimes you just gotta go for it! Right?

Definitely wasn't the route we had dreamed of! We always wear our PFDs at night or when conditions dictate and clip into jacklines when leaving the cockpit (I guess except when becalmed and going for a swim 🤣) Thanks for watching!

Thanks Aunt Jennifer! Hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving! ❤️

Thanks Camille!! Love you too! 😍

Hey there! Thank you so much! We are excited to share our journey with everyone!

Thanks Jon! We were pretty stoked when we got our feet on dry land!

Thanks, Jeff! It was quite the journey!

Thanks, Vincent! We did our best and it all worked out!

Thanks! 🍷🍻

Thank you! We felt quite accomplished after this sail!

Hey Larry! Yes that sail was quite a struggle for us. 10 days when you are a total newb was tough. We learned so much during that sail though! 10 days now doesn't seem too bad! Looking forward to seeing you at the show!

Hey there Sailing Ali-Cat! Thanks for joining our adventure! Where are you guys at?!

💪💪Miss you guys! Tell the boys we say hey!

Thanks you guys! We will never forget this passage! Where are you guys sailing? ⛵

@@SailingOneLife currently on the hard on Lake Erie. We will depart across the Erie Canal and down the Atlantic to Florida and Caribbean next year. We are planning an August departure from western Lake Erie.

Thanks Sebastian! We didn't get it fixed during this passage but we did figure out a way to get the boat balanced enough to lock the helm to give us some temporary relief occasionally!

Hey there! Thanks for watching! We took the ICW from Cape Canaveral to West Palm because we thought as newbies it would be best so we could wait for a weather window in West Palm before crossing as that was the shortest offshore distance for our hop to the Bahamas. However knowing what we know now, it was a huge pain in the ass and much more work than waiting for the right weather in Cape Canaveral and heading offshore from there. It is tough to sail in the ICW due to narrow/shallow channels so we had to motor most of the way. There are also SO many bridges and hitting the draw bridges at the right times is damn near impossible so you are left hovering waiting for bridges to open. If we were to do it over again, we'd head offshore and not mess with the ICW, our personal opinion!

We agree, looking back we are happy we went to USVI and kept going rather than turning back. I am not sure of the exact reason we weren't allowed in Puerto Rico but the rule was only Puerto Rico flagged vessels were able to enter the territory. If we would have already been in PR during the lockdown we would have been able to stay with no issues but since we were coming from Bahamas it was a no go.

We never did check out of the Bahamas. Unfortunately we contacted the government there and tried to do all the things we needed but could never get in touch with a customs agent to check us out. That was the other good thing about is going to USVI. Since we are US citizens we did not need a Zarpe for entry. We only receive AIS, we do not transmit. But we will be adding that capability during our next haulout which will be this summer.

@@SailingOneLife Makes sense.

Hey Steven! We crossed from the Bahamas to USVI in May 2020.

Yes we have a wheel brake, and it's possible to lock the helm when sailing tight upwind and she will stay on course. Going downwind though it won't work, no matter how much we try to trim and balance the sails.

@@SailingOneLife im leaving from nc in march and heading down bahamas and virgin islands and different places . maybe i will see you out there . i havent decided if im going down the icw and jumping over or jump in the ocean and head down . the current can be tricky going from nc to bahamas