Category: St. Kitts and Nevis

One Year On The Boat

We moved onto Sava a year ago today! It seems like such a long time and we have been through a lot: good and bad. We love it most of the time and plan to continue living on the boat and exploring the Caribbean. These are some of the things we’ve learned after one year on the boat.

We Do Not Need Much

Seriously, none of us need much. We’ve been conditioned by advertisers and merchants to think we do, and then we’ll be happy.

We moved onto the boat and this lifestyle knowing it was completely different from our Toronto existence. There is not much room on board, and a lot of it goes to ship equipment and systems.

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What we brought with us when we moved on board Sava one year ago today

At different times we have had to sacrifice what we thought were key elements of a life well lived. Things like heat and hot water, plentiful showers, ice cold beers, sleep, wifi, fresh veggies and sun protection were not always available. Now that we have put lots of work into Sava, and learned a thing or two, life has improved. Cold beers!

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First Cruising Season In The Books

Despite all the mishaps and mess-ups, we have successfully completed our first cruising season and made it where we are supposed to be: Grenada!

Grenada or the ABCs were our options to end this season because insurance requires us to be below a certain latitude for hurricane season. This meant we needed to be below 12.4 latitude by July 1st.

After meeting so many other cruisers who raved about Grenada, we decided to go there a few months ago.

Considering we left Florida on February 2nd, that’s why we’ve been racing down the islands! 5 months is not enough time to explore the entire Caribbean!

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Mistakes And Mishaps: Lessons Learned Sailing Sava

Here’s another edition of the things we’ve done wrong on our boat. Everybody makes mistakes, and we’ve made some whoppers. We’re learning from our mistakes and we’ll take these lessons learned to heart so we don’t repeat them.

We Lost our Dinghy

We will never forget the night we made friends with Dennis and Karen. When we were in Nevis and went to Sunshine’s Beach bar we introduced ourselves to them when they rode up on their dinghy. We had a few drinks and chatted at the bar and then it was time to return to Sava. When we got back to the beach, our dinghy wasn’t there! We had thrown down the anchor on the sand when we arrived and the dinghy was nowhere to be seen.

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