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Why do we sail fulltime?? Here’s a taste from a

Why do we sail fulltime?? Here’s a taste from a perfect day sailing from Montego Bay to Discovery Bay, Jamaica. 30 Nautical Miles of perfect upwind sailing aboard our breezy beauty S/V Seanic Route.
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#perfectDaySail @youngcruisers #sailing #Jamaica #sunsoutbunsout #atSea #sailingSeanicRoute #cruisersyachts #beneteau473

A beautiful evening in Jamaica. We’re watching t

A beautiful evening in Jamaica. We’re watching the sun set over our glamorous tall ship boat neighbors and using the cooler evening air to get small projects done on deck.

A quick aside - I feel like I’ve been holding back filming and editing our day to day aboard our sailboat home. Daily boat projects aren’t the fodder I’d imagined posting about as we cruise the Caribbean - but it’s so much of our lives out here I think I might start sharing some of the hours we spend keeping our S/V Seanic Route ship shape. If you like boat project videos I can keep ‘em comin!
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#boatprojects #liveaboardlife @youngcruisers #sailing #SeanicRoute #sunset #jamaica #montegobayjamaica🇯🇲 #theMachine ;)

On our first sail outside of the river, some Atlan

On our first sail outside of the river, some Atlantic Spotted Dolphins showed us the way to Tres Puntas. We were loving the consistent breeze and making a steady 6 knots, just enough to throw off the kind off pressure wave the dolphins were loving to surf! Aimee spotted them from the cockpit, and up at the bow Aidan made a friend who kept rolling over to make eye contact, it’s like he was saying “Hey are you watching? Watch this!”

What a blessing to be out in the open Gulf of Honduras and be graced with sun, wildlife, sea breeze, friendship, and a boat that just eats the waves 😉
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#guatemala @youngcruisers #dolphins #sailing #beneteau #caribbean safe in our #spinlok jackets #cruising #goodLifeChoices

Our first border crossing with Seanic Route went a

Our first border crossing with Seanic Route went according to plan. We (re)launched the boat after a quick shaft seal replacement. We felt secure in the knowledge that waiting an extra week in Rio Dulce for our part to arrive and be installed was the right call, even though it meant missing the high tide window to cross the bar out of the river and into the Gulf of Honduras.

Where the river flows through the coastal hills, we were graced with vistas of dramatic cliffs, tiny villages, and it was neat to see the wildlife change from inland birds to coastal seabirds.

The smell of the ocean around the final turn left our crew of three, and Seanic Route too, a little giddy to be at sea.

Customs was a breeze as was the massive squall that helped us set sail just across the sand bar.

We got to experience the Tip n’ Tow service offered by a local fisherman. His wife acting as 2nd captain and their two sons as line handlers helped us get our 2.25 meters of keel across the sand bar which was less than 2 meters deep. That was fun (read: stressful).

Next up: We’re off to Tres Puntas, Guatemala for an overnight at anchor before setting sail for Honduras.

Thank you Aimee Isakson Photography for being our crew and companion aboard! Thanks for capturing so many of these moments for us to share the story.

We want to say thank you to our support network in Rio Dulce for the excellent welcome into the cruising world. Rammarina crew for professional launching and yard care, and to Frendy, Francisco, Horatio, Daniel, and Richard for taking such good care of us.

Chris Stanley, SeaKist Yacht Sales for helping us find our new sailboat home.

Andy Stickers for printing and installing our logos on “Seanic Route” and our dingy “Short Cut.”

And finally, the cruising friends that welcomed us to the dock just in time for Christmas dinner, Catamaran Island Hotel. Thank you for the outpouring of kindness and camaraderie.

A message for the gals - working in science and en

A message for the gals - working in science and engineering is creative, thought provoking, head scratching, frustrating, rewarding, laughable, cryable, and powerful. I’ve felt it all - and sometimes all at once. On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science I want to shoutout to my mentors and mentees. Men and women both who have supported me into the role I have today, and the role I get to pass on to the next generation of young engineers and scientists. Thank you @squishnak for lessons in marine biology - even if they come from the underside of a dock, to @jvsminen and @keonalani_ for showing me how motivating it is to share engineering lessons with capable and receptive learners, and to @mini_sharkwing for putting your foot down and becoming a pilot even when stick time was heart wrenchingly hard earned. Cheers gals. Sea ya down there 😉
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#womenandgirlsinscienceday #womensupportingwomen #girlsUnderwaterRobotCamp @globalsubdive 📸 @girl.gone.overboard @thegeecs #underwaterworld #rov #natgeoexplorer

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