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We knew Dominica had a reputation as "the nature island," and honestly, it undersells the place. Our first taste of it was the Indian River, where our guide Alexis rowed us slow through a tunnel of trees, thick and tangled, dripping with roots that arch straight out of the water — bloodwood trees among them, named for the sap that runs red when you cut into the bark, adding to the whole eerie, otherworldly feel. It's the same stretch used for Tia Dalma's hut scene in Pirates

We figured the exploring was over once we left the mainland. Les Saintes proved us wrong. The sail south from Guadeloupe was short, just a few hours, but it felt like arriving somewhere completely different. Bourg des Saintes greeted us with red-roofed houses climbing up the hillside and a bay that lives up to its reputation as one of the most beautiful anchorages in the world. We picked up a mooring ball and just sat there for a minute taking it in, the water impossibly turq

We are so proud of Sophia this week — the kind of proud that sits in your chest and doesn’t move.Latitude & Attitudes, one of the biggest names in the sailing world, featured her in their “Tag-A-Cruiser: Next Gen” series. Twelve years old, “salty since 2022,” just as comfortable reading a nautical chart as she is working through a textbook at the nav station. This one meant something extra, and it took me a minute to understand why. When the email came in — they’d love to fea

Guadeloupe has given us some of our favorite moments of this whole journey — and we’ve barely scratched the surface.We started on the leeward coast in Deshaies, wandering black sand beaches and the Jardin Botanique de Deshaies. The garden sprawls across a hillside overlooking the coast, with paths winding through tropical plantings, koi ponds, and a small lake with black and white swans. It’s the kind of place where color hits you at every turn — hibiscus, heliconia, ginger l

We spent ten days in St. Martin. That’s usually how it goes, you arrive thinking you’ll stay a few days, and ten days later you’re still there, half because the island won’t let you go and half because the boat had other plans. St. Martin/Sint Maarten is a strange and wonderful thing: one island, split between French and Dutch sides, and the difference shows up in everything — the food, the pace, the language switching mid-sentence depending on which side of the invisible bor

We finally made it to Marigot. After the transmission saga, after the windlass rebuild, after weeks of repairs back in the BVI, we were supposed to be on the other side of it — clear water, a fresh destination, a little breathing room. Instead the passage over was rough. We ended up pulling a mess of sargassum into the engine’s water intake. And then, almost as if the boat wanted to make sure we knew the universe wasn’t done with us yet, the watermaker’s high-pressure pump ga

Boat dog. Beach connoisseur. Paddleboard enthusiast. Beagle terrier. East Coast, Bahamas, and now the Caribbean. We had a little fun with this one. We often look at our dog and pretend to think about what he's thinking. So here it is — a funny twist, a view of Bolt's everyday. We promise we are not losing our minds, and we definitely have a great sense of humor. Let me tell you something about my life. I have been to more places than most dogs will ever dream about. I have na

BVI to St.Martin a 25 hour upwind sailing passage We checked in at Soper's Hole, enjoyed a great meal, and restocked our pantry before making our way through the chain of islands. The original plan was simple: explore the BVI for a bit, then make the jump to St. Martin. We anchored the dinghy and swam in to the park at The Baths, then did the full hike through the boulder caves — squeezing between giant granite rocks, ducking through narrow passages, popping out into hidden p

Three years ago we left with a dream, a carefully chosen boat, a 9-year-old, and a beagle who was already more sailor than most people we know. Over 10,000 nautical miles later — through the Bahamas, the USVI, the BVI, and beyond — we've learned a lot. Some of it we expected. Some we didn't. I recently came across a post about things people wish they'd known before living aboard full-time and it got me thinking. A lot of it rang true. But after three years of living this life