Midnight Alarms
Sound asleep just past midnight, the alarm rang notifying us that the boat had moved. Had we drifted out to sea, into another boat, or crashed into the rocky shoreline?
Read MorePosted by shiera | Jan 5, 2017 | Adventures
Sound asleep just past midnight, the alarm rang notifying us that the boat had moved. Had we drifted out to sea, into another boat, or crashed into the rocky shoreline?
Read MorePosted by shiera | Jan 4, 2017 | Adventures
When two of the three crew suffer from severe acrophobia, there’s no question who will be charged with climbing the mast for any repairs.
Read MorePosted by shiera | Jan 3, 2017 | Adventures
Today I learn how to attach our sailboat to a mooring ball. Simple enough. Little like threading a needle in the wind while standing on one leg.
Read MorePosted by shiera | Jan 2, 2017 | Adventures
The light of the new day and cacophony of distant roosters wakes me. Last night’s storm left an arrangement of gray puffy clouds trimmed in pink and orange. I will be an early riser in this new life.
Read MorePosted by shiera | Jan 1, 2017 | Adventures
…As in tangling the halyard at the top of the mast just 15 minutes into our first attempt of raising the mainsail on our maiden voyage.
Read MoreOur adventure began in 2016 when we discovered Gémeaux in St. Martin. We explored the Caribbean, Colombia, San Blas, and The Bahamas, as well as the eastern seaboard of the U.S. In 2022, we crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and sailed as far east as Croatia and Greece. We explored the coastlines of Italy, France and Spain in our final season and exited the Mediterranean late in 2024. We wrapped up the year with a 21-day crossing back across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean.
Still enjoying memories of the Med, we are happy to be back in the turquoise waters of The Bahamas. We plan to sail back to the US in May and give someone else the pleasure of sailing on Gémeaux. Anybody want to buy a boat?! It has been an adventure of a lifetime but we "think" we're ready to return to land life in California.