Sailing Maracudja

31/05/2025

We have a new video for you of our time on Maracudja. Enjoy

After some wonderful time in Marie-Gualante, we sail back to Guadeloupe. Back on anchor, we see this beautiful 100+ year old vessel "Eye of the Wind" and ha...

09/05/2025

I have finally uploaded a new Sailing Maracudja video. It's taken me a while and I'm sorry but life you know!!!
Anyway here you go and hope you enjoy it.

Not many american sailors visit the tiny island of Marie-Galante. This pancake shaped island has so much to offer though. So in this video we finish our st...

28/09/2024

We are safe and sound in Indiana. Some winds yesterday and lots of rain still going on. Branches down in the ground and one big tree that fell in the campground thankfully not affecting anyone.

On a good note, our friends Cindy Harlow Speth and Tom Speth of SV OopSea picked us up yesterday and spent the afternoon and evening taking us to two beautiful historic hotels in the area dating back to the early 1900’s, Chicago Mafia and bootlegging era.

We met in Luperon, Dominican Republic in early 2020 as we were making our way south. We became fast friends and had some crazy adventures together 😃. Unfortunately we separated in Samana and due to unforeseen circumstances were unable to get together again as we were all sailing the Caribbean. Until last night. Almost 5 years! But it was just like yesterday 🥰

10/07/2024

Karen McLain Michele Godfrey Hughes
This is so sad. That beautiful church at the top of Mayreau has been destroyed 😢. Those people’s life were spared 🙏

Mayreau resident Norbert Dembar battled inside a church for two hours to save 40 of his fellow islanders during the passage of Hurricane Beryl on July 1, 2024.

04/07/2024

It’s been a while since I posted but this is extremely important. The tiny island of Carriacou is where we spent a lot of time with our beloved Maracudja and where we left our boat during two summers in a row while we went back to the states.

Hurricane Berryl, category 4, yesterday devastated the island along with Petite Martinique, the island of Mayreau and Union Island as well. 75 people missing and at least 3 dead so far in Carriacou . Everyone is homeless and they are badly in need of supplies. Please donate to provide them the most basic needs. Share this post with your friends and family. Thank you 🙏

On 1 July, the eye of Hurricane Beryl bore down on two tiny i… Marine and Yachting Association of Grenada MAYAG needs your support for Help the people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique recover

15/02/2024

It’s official: Maracudja is no longer ours 😭😭😭 we have turned the keys over to its new owners. On November 12, 2019 we left our home port of Lake Worth Florida direction the Caribbean.
We did our best to care for her and in return she has protected us and carried us across oceans, island to island. A total of 18 countries and 84 islands 😃. Personally I am so glad Gary talked me into doing this. What an adventure we lived! We know Maracudja will be lovingly taken care of. She has a lot more to give.
For us new adventures will be happening this year. More of that later, I’ll keep you in suspense a little longer 🤫😜. So to all of you waiting to follow your dream…. Don’t wait, we only have one life and you don’t know what’s around the corner. Live your dream, dont dream your life 💛

04/02/2024

October 2020: we were invited by Doc, a local of Grenada, to join him at the Hot Springs in the mountain. A hole that he dug with his son and set up as a little pool. Surrounded by lushes greens and beautiful flowers, it was a wonderful escape from the coast.
With Patrick and Karen McLain, Doc, Rosie and her granddaughter. Thank you Doc and Rosie for taking us there.

02/02/2024

February 1 2024: Maracudja is so pretty with her new bottom paint and stipe and is all shiny ready for her new owner 😄😢

01/02/2024

March 2023 in the Dominican Republic: On our way to Luperon the North Coast, we ran over our own fishing lines while jibing (making a large turn) 🤦🏻‍♀️. Gary had to dive in the questionably very dirty waters of Luperon (high tide only) to get this mess off the propeller. Living on a boat definitely has its challenges.

31/01/2024

March 2023: the wild horses of Vieques. They don’t belong to anyone and just roam around the island. We were anchored right off the beach and could watch them walk back and forth in between the sunbathers 😄

30/01/2024

March 2020: just before the world ended! Well when Covid started anyway and shut everything down, we sailed to Île Fourchue between St. Martin and St. Barth. A little paradise ❤️

29/01/2024

November 2021: With friends from SV Maeve we toured the Trois Rivières rum plantation via quad cars. Beautiful views from all around and a lot of fun too