by Allison | Mar 5, 2017 | 2017, Life Aboard, Logbook, USVI
Nine months ago we had one final send-off dinner and drank a bottle of champagne to toast our friends Brian and Lauren on Nightengale Tune as they turned south for hurricane season and we turned north. Together we had covered over 1500 nautical miles together as we... 
by Allison | Mar 1, 2017 | 2017, Life Aboard, Logbook, USVI
When you find something you love, you become a regular. At least that is our life motto in the Caribbean. And no matter how we try, we just can’t seem to quit showing up at the Angel’s Rest, our favorite Caribbean beach bar. Peter is the owner and... 
by Allison | Feb 23, 2017 | 2017, BVI, Life Aboard, Logbook, USVI, Video
While in the Virgin Islands we split our time fairly evenly between the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. We have a hard time playing favorites, but we equally LOVE St. John and Virgin Gorda and basically go back and forth between the two stopping... 
by Allison | Feb 21, 2017 | Life Aboard, Video
While we are out bobbing around the islands we typically anchor the boat when possible, or “take a mooring”, which means to attach Selah to a permanent anchor called a mooring ball. While our preference is to anchor it is not always possible. For example,... 
by Allison | Feb 18, 2017 | 2017, BVI, Life Aboard, Logbook, USVI
Earlier this week we dropped Selah off at a marina in St. Thomas for a short stint while we popped home for a few days. It had been almost exactly a month since we had hopped on board and Selah was happy to top off the batteries with shore power, top off the water... 