The Sailor's Dream - crossing an ocean on a 36ft sailboat

Time to hoist the anchor. We came to this little beach and what's crazy is there's like turkeys and a dog and a pig on it We bought an old abandoned Canamaran, spent two years rebuilding her and embarked on a 7,000 mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean to our dream cruising grounds the beautiful Caribbean Subscribe below and follow the adventure as we explore our way up the Caribbean chain of islands to the beautiful Bahamas so we just checked out of Antigua went to the grocery store to Get we'll get rid of our EC's because supposedly it's quite difficult to get it changed To US dollars or euros. So we just went and stocked up on some snacks One night passage we should be getting there tomorrow morning noon Maybe in the afternoon. We'll see depending on our winds Hopefully we can get some good sailing in this time around. We just hoist it We hoist up the dinghy. It's just doing the final preps. I did the final preps inside Dinghy's up and ready to go You ready to go? Yep Or do you want to take a little nap? Take a little nap We can take an hour nap Maybe we should It'll be good to get a little charge up 12, 1 o'clock once the wind changes Oh god, it says like 1 o'clock After a little power nap it was time to hoist the sails lift the anchor and head off out of Antigua Set up the main sail Time to hoist the anchor The distance between Antigua and St. Martin is about 98 nautical miles, which meant we were going to do an overnight sail While we're sailing to St. Martin, why don't you subscribe to the channel give us a big thumbs up It's a free way to support the channel So good to be sailing again So we're heading off to St. Martin, we plan on spending Christmas and New Year's there And we do have to get some boat parts Specifically Vegas boat parts We're happy to be going to a half Dutch island to get those parts but also Yeah, it's always good to keep on moving and experiencing different islands we do get a little stuck sometimes we're on an island and it gets a little draining It's good to be on the move again, and then we might take a plane ride or Ferry to St. Bart's because Ricky really wants to see that runway So what makes St. Bart's runway special? It's a special steep approach, you get kind of certified to fly into that runway Really? Yep, you move without certifying You get a St. Bart's airway and it's driven to the runway Yep, pretty cool Come super low to the road on the approach And then they dive down So that's what we're gonna be up to We're excited to explore The MBVI's USVI's Turks and Caicos maybe Bahamas We managed to finally catch ourselves a edible sized skipjack for dinner Got some dinner Dinner dinner Chicken winner That wasn't even up for 5 minutes One overnight sail later and we were close to St. Bart's How was your trip? Tiring I haven't slept much Me neither So we arrived in St. Martin And uh Waiting to enter the lagoon We're here in Marigot Bay I want to enter the lagoon because 3 days time there's going to be a north easterly And supposedly this anchorage is not great And a north easterly And then it's going to turn to an easterly which means it's going to be even worse So we want to get into the lagoon Before No So we're waiting to get into the lagoon but you have to go through a bridge Reminds me of our V&A days So hopefully the bridge Opens soon It says so like there's different times On all different websites Our guide Said 9 So we're just hoping it opens soon Because we want to get Anchored, get fresh Check in Oh now it's open See ya We had to wait for the boats to exit the bridge first From the other side and then get in line To cross under It was a pretty nerve wrecking experience But we knew Lady Africa would fit through no problem The serious amounts of hurricane damage Once we anchored We hopped on the dinghy To check out the chandelier Island water world Here in St. Martin And it's the biggest one I've ever been to This is where you lose your money So we are in St. Martin And we came here to the beach Just to change spark plugs On our outboard And put our new prop on And we got a new prop That's supposed to give us more speed On top right Top speed Yeah more top speed And um We needed a spare prop anyways For purposes of going to BVI's Bahamas and whatever We didn't get a prop We saw how difficult it was last time To get a prop So Yeah we wanted a spare one too though For the Bahamas but you're not going to get one We might but you might pay a hefty fee for it But we came to this little beach And what's crazy is there's like turkeys And a dog and a pig on it But I don't see anyone that lives on this little I don't know maybe there is But there's a pig and a dog and turkeys We later found out That the animals do belong to someone And weren't abandoned on this island After doing our boat project of the day We headed off to Rikki's favourite beach Maho Beach There's danger and Rikki is sitting and eating If you haven't figured out why this is Rikki's Favourite beach yet It's because the runway is located right next to the beach So you can watch planes take off And land all day long I love people Maho Beach Here's my little friend Hello Sorry I'm getting distracted Check this Everyone's stuck People's shoes Caps Check out all their shoes going Are you soaking wet? Those guys treat that as a game They should get tips They should start a business and get tips For saving people's stuff But let me tell you it freaking hurts 100% I recommend it We decided to head to the beach bar Next door to wait for our money shots Some commercial flights were coming in And Rikki couldn't miss it Christmas eve had arrived And we decided to go for a walk Around Marigo Bay So it is Christmas Eve day And we're here at Don't film as well We're here in What side of the train shot? Marigo Bay We're gonna go see it We should do that island sightseeing thing There's like a famous Cape Town Tour bus But now For the island London So we're gonna go check out this Market and Rikki wants to get New flip flops Rikki had busted up his knee in Antigua So we didn't get very far With our walk that day Rikki's looking for scooters To rent Because he can't walk because he's lazy Or his knee's buggered One of the two Christmas days weather wasn't very good So we ended up staying on the boat And just relaxing How's that for some Caribbean rain In the winter My golly gosh Let it rain Since Rikki couldn't do much Walking with his buggered knee We opted to rent a car and explore The island So Rikki decided he wanted to rent a car So we are going by a car Hopefully we can get it Because I was very bad and that was awful Rikki popped his Something out I think it's It's a common thing I tore a piece of the meniscus In the little suckers Floating around And when he gets stuck in between Is when the leg locks And I've got to slowly massage it until it pops out So I need to get him removed While we couldn't get Doctors yet, we're just exploring Since it was New Year's Eve week There were so many private jets On this island We stopped at this Absolutely beautiful restaurant For cappuccinos and a little bit of lunch And the view was spectacular So we came up here to Baye de Col de Seine So we're here At Anse Marcelle now We just got parking and then we're going to walk down To the bay and see how the anchorage Is here So we're marking all the places that we want to anchor at And then we'll come back and anchor And explore some more Are you okay? You're okay, okay cool, bye So we're now in Anse Marcelle It's in the north of the island Of Saint Martin We're kind of getting a little disappointed With what we saw in Saint Martin down the south It's nice, very touristy Party central But now Suddenly really pretty Totally different setup Very clean, neat, beautiful Obviously Touristy, but Very neat, very, very neat What do you think? What would you rate it? 7 out of 10 I was giving it way higher than that It takes a lot to impress me It's very neat, very cool place Very cool spot, definitely worth a check out I don't think you would stay a long time Maybe a day, but Very nice Every sailor's worst nightmare The bay full of giant skis Next week on Sailing Lady Africa We spend New Years with Ryan and Brittany From Sailing Sunday And we get ready for a small surgery Remember people Don't let Don't allow other people to dim your sunshine Because they're blinded Tell people to put some sunglasses on And go have an awesome time Toodles