Wounded American Veterans Experience (W.A.V.E) on the Water!
I recently had the opportunity to take military veterans out sailing as part of the Wounded American Veterans Experience (W.A.V.E ),...
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Capt Linda
- Jun 13
- 1 min
My friend Ingrid
My friend Ingrid is so awesome. She's a mom to 3 energetic boys, wife to a globe-hopping pilot, a great tennis player, and a fellow...
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Ingrid, Guest Blogger
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Sleeping on the rocks
Riding Rock sits in between the sapphire waters of the deep Florida Straits and shallow turquoise waters of the Bahama bank. We pulled...
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Ingrid, Guest Blogger
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Did we break the kids in or did they break me in?
We spent the night at anchor near the Los Olas bridge in Ft. Lauderdale. The current rips to the south on an outgoing tide and lags for...
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Ingrid, Guest Blogger
- Jun 12
- 6 min
Crossing the Gulf Stream
Tossing and turning like the night before a speech or the anxiety of an early morning flight, sleep would not slip into the calm slumber...
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Pam, Guest Blogger
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
The Perfect USVI Adventure
We could not have planned a more perfect adventure. It all started with the crew: Capt. Linda, Capt. Matt, and Skipper-in-training Pam...
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Jeannie Guest Blogger
- Feb 10, 2020
- 6 min
BVI Sailing and Life Lessons
If you had told me when I was a ragtag tomboy kid from the poor side of Birmingham that one day I would go sailing in the Caribbean, I...
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Capt Linda
- Mar 3, 2019
- 2 min
Sailing Gone Viral!
I was sailing on Pensacola Bay and was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and I captured this video of American...
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Capt Linda
- Feb 19, 2019
- 1 min
Sailing Blows all the Bad Stuff Away
I’ve been saying this for a long time, and finally someone did a scientific study and proved my theory – Sailing Blows All the BAD Stuff...
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Capt Linda
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
Cienfuegos to Trinidad
Sadly, we left Yamelby and Abraham’s warm and friendly Airbnb in Cienfuogos, headed to the historical town of Trinidad about an hour bus...
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Capt Linda
- Jan 29, 2019
- 3 min
Traveling from Havana to Cienfuegos
The morning started with a quick chug of coffee while chasing down a taxi NYC style in a primarily Catholic country where nothing happens...
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Capt Linda
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
A Day in Havana
This series of blog entries may be only a little about sailing, but a lot about adventure. But, aren’t the two interrelated? The trip...
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Capt Linda
- Jan 29, 2019
- 5 min
What I Learned While Traveling in Cuba
We traveled to Cuba mainly to check out the Dream Yacht Charter base in Cienfuegos as a potential sailing charter destination, but...
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Capt Linda
- Jan 3, 2019
- 2 min
The Wanderlust Gene takes control
I don’t know if I should hug her or cuss her, my mother, that is. She is at least partly to blame for my inheritance of that pesky little...
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Capt Linda
- Dec 29, 2018
- 1 min
Cheers to the 2018 Happy Sailors!
I thoroughly enjoyed sailing with all these wonderful people during 2018! Look forward to mo re of the same in 2019!
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Capt Linda
- Nov 13, 2018
- 2 min
The Clean Up of my "Cove"
When my son was younger I read "The Cleanup of Codfish Cove" to him over and over. When Codfish Cove becomes cluttered with trash, Shamu...
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Capt Linda
- Oct 4, 2018
- 1 min
My First GoPro Video! Pensacola Beach - Home of Gulf Breeze Sailing
I recently received a GoPro for my birthday and had to share my first video!
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Capt Linda
- Aug 9, 2018
- 2 min
We made it! 12 Islands in 10 days!
I've been dragging my feet to write about our last day on this magical trip, just like we were dragging our feet to leave Sandy Island...
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Capt Linda
- Jul 24, 2018
- 2 min
Two days at Sandy Island after clearing into Grenada
Clearing out of one country always involves a subsequent clearing in to another. Today we needed to clear into the country of Grenada,...
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Capt Linda
- Jul 19, 2018
- 1 min
Clearing out at Union Island
We probably would have stayed longer at Mayreau had we not run out of cash and water, so we had no choice but to head to Union Island to...
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