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Pinky & Charles sail the ocean blue on SV Loka, a 2006 Caliber 47 LRC SE sailboat.⛵️
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08/30/2026

From Poland to Germany and beyond! We posted an update about our exit from Poland and our visit to Berlin. Check the blog for more details (link in bio/below)!

https://www.svloka.com/elementor-1206/

08/01/2026

We traded the summer heat/humidity on the Chesapeake for cooler weather, Polish food, and a little boatbuilding research in Poland. Our latest post covers Warsaw, Gdynia, Gdańsk, a citywide festival, and the coffee mistake that left us caffeine-free.

Read the latest from our European detour or https://www.svloka.com/summer-2026-the-crew-goes-to-poland/

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07/08/2026

We were supposed to spend our 2026 summer exploring Nova Scotia. Instead, Loka requested that we complete a project first. Now we are back on the hard in Deale, MD, to have some more work done, and pivoting our summer plans.

Am I sad? F**k yes. But a "no" to one adventure is just a "yes" to others.

Our friends on SV Ariel invited us to escape the 100°F heat dome with them, and go on a road trip to Cass, West Virginia to ride a train. Turns out... trains are fu***ng cool! 🚂✨ We stayed in an old mill house, rode historic steam locomotives, and completely immersed ourselves in gorgeous mountains.

This life isn't about rigid milestones or a checklist of countries. It’s about experiencing the unexpected corners of the world fully.

👉 Read the full story of our latest pivot and the magic of Cass, WV on the blog: https://www.svloka.com/a-life-of-unplanned-journeys-jilted-summer-plans/

05/16/2026

Wow! Where does the time go?! I know we haven’t posted much because much of what we were doing in the Bahamas was very much “in the moment” type of activity.

And now we have made our way back north to the USA, have been in Charleston for a week, and are about to head out again up to the Chesapeake Bay.

The 4 months in the Bahamas was amazing. It was full of sailing, crystal clear blue waters, new and old friends, and amazing Bahamian experiences. This year, the experiences expanded to dinghy mangrove tours, snorkeling off the back of our boat, and getting to know the locals in some of the family islands.

At one point, we were bouncing from anchorage to anchorage with a fleet of 5-6 other cruising boats, enjoying beach sundowners, chess tournaments (when the wind/waves kept us boat bound), and music! It was such a fun time to enjoy this beautiful place with like-minded souls.

And now we are heading north for a summer expedition that targets Nova Scotia! It’s a bit of a pivot from our original plans, but we abide by one thing when making plans: write your plans in the sand at low tide! You’ll never be disappointed.

04/15/2026

This is what it looks like when you’re on the windward side of the island when it’s blowing 20+knots (24mph+). Google animated (see the animated version in the comments) the several attempts we made at getting a selfie while visiting French Leave Beach, one of the beautiful pink sand beaches in Eleuthera.

Hopefully the animation makes it through this post🤪

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04/02/2026

Hello from the Bahamas! Yes we are still out here doing our thing. No we haven't quit or gotten bored or given up on this crazy like. If anything, we've been soaking it all in. Hence the lack of social media posts😆

We have been having a great time in the Bahamas and wanted to share a quick update + special moment in our cruising adventure in which I (pinky) got to play with a legit rake n scrape band on Cat Island. Julian and his crew hosted a bunch of us cruisers for food, beverages, and music at Da Smoke Pot in Arthur's Town. What an amazing experience. We jammed for 3 or 4 hours and made them late to their evening gig (they wouldn't quit saying "just one more"). has a way of uniting people from all different backgrounds, and this afternoon was just one example of it.

More later on all the other stuff we've been exploring. Enjoy this little bit of authentic Bahamanian culture.

Video courtesy of Vessel Heavy Metal

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02/09/2026

Another blog post is up! This time, we share how we’re using our CerboGX (one of the many electronics devices we’ve got on the boat) to help us tell the tides in the Bahamas. It’s not an exact science, but it’s close enough for army work here. You can read more at the link below.

https://www.svloka.com/logging-the-tides-make-the-cerbogx-a-tide-station/

We are still in the Bahamas, and have mostly been hiding from the big winds that come with an active winter weather pattern. Contrary to what you might think, January in the Bahamas, especially up north, is not bikini weather every day! In fact, it got pretty cold one night (in the mid-50sF). We’ve been warm and safe, and enjoying being home-bodies, though we are looking forward to getting back to a more active lifestyle as we get further south and the weather is more conducive to outdoor activies.

We’re enjoying the sailing as we can take advantage of the northerly winds, and learning where all the good holding with northwestern protection is in the Exumas. Perhaps we’ll write about that next! In the meantime, check the blog post if you’re interested in data and dashboards. There are some pretty pictures too.

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01/30/2026

We've been in the Bahamas for 2 weeks, and have mainly been hiding from weather or traveling to get protection from the next system. January in the north and central Bahamas is greatly impacted by the winter weather systems in the southeast USA and we have had an active winter pattern for the last 3 weeks with no signs of letting up.

Thus, we find ourselves in Cambridge Cay, Exumas with 20 or 30 of our newest friends. As we've been prepping for the impending blow (up to 50k gusts Sat night/Sun morning - the same system dropping a winter storm in NC), most people in the anchorage have gotten in a group WhatsApp chat and we even gathered last night to meet each other. It's a testament to the wild nature of this life...where total strangers will gather, commune, and offer help with no questions asked.

What if we lived land life in this way? How different would our world look?

Well, we're all prepped and ready for yet another big blow. Hatches are battened and everything is secured. And we've been enjoying the slow pace, gorgeous water, and cooler temperatures. Grateful to be out here even when paradise feels a little different than the photos suggest.

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01/20/2026

We're in the Bahamas! We left St Augustine on Friday morning (Jan16) and arrived in Lucaya (Freeport) on Grand Bahama Island. It was a challenging passage that had us fighting fatigue most of the time. On top of that, we had to motor almost the entire way. We learned a lot about ourselves, sailing/navigating challenging sea state, and the realities of fatigue.

Happy to spend a few days (or a week?) in Lucaya waiting for the next window. Happy to be in the Bahamas again and looking forward to continuing south!

12/09/2025

Rolling into the anchorage right at sunset? Not our ideal scenario, but waiting for a lower tide at a bridge squeezed our passage a bit today.

What's wrong with sunset? Mainly the angle of the light. The sun invariably is in your face for some part of the ride, which makes navigating around crab pots and markers challenging. Getting in at dusk also reduces visibility for anchoring making that trickier as well.

That said, we got in fine and got settled after a very cold day on the water. Grateful the sun finally came out after a week of overcast and rainy weather. Seeking warmer temps! We're in Hilton Head tonight and then continuing tomorrow towards Savannah and beyond.

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