By the Numbers: Season #1

Wowza! It is hard to believe our first sailing season is officially over. I thought it would be fun to share some of our season statistics.

Dates: July 17, 2023 – April 16, 2024 (273 calendar days)
Total Miles Traveled: 3,908 nautical miles (4,497 statutory miles)
Total Traveling Days: 101
Average Miles Traveled Per Moving Day: 38.69
New Anchorages: 40
New Marinas: 36
States: 12
Times We Had to “Start Over”: <5

Overall, it was an amazing year and we are incredibly proud of ourselves and Alaya. There were a few pretty tough days and lots of tears shed but it was all totally worth it. Thank you to everyone who leant us a hand and/or cheered us on. I can’t wait to see what our next sailing season brings!

Two very happy sailors in Deltaville, VA

We woke up before dawn again to catch the 6 a.m. lift bridge out of Great Bridge.

The whole gang waiting for the bus to take us downtown.

Of course we had to take this group picture!

For the first time we had all three sails up at once! There was very little wind, so we were going very slow but we looked good doing it.

Wow. Just Wow. Photo credit: Craig and his sweet camera

Reunited! We immediately continued Craig’s dolphin spotting training.

The stuff of sailing dreams: flat calm anchorage, dolphins in the foreground and NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building in the background.

Lift off! Photo credit: Craig

Stuart was a beautiful place to land for the past month.

My new favorite picture of Lucas.

Some very happy sailors!

That water!

It was lovely to get the Florida gang back together again!

The whole gang! *Game pieces redacted

We met Bob423!

Day 2; We’re at the Kennedy Space Center!!

Afternoon dinghy ride on the search for some birthday dolphins.

No Caption

No Caption

Casserole transport looks a little different when your car is a dinghy.

A fun Christmas night with new friends!

A stunningly decorated live oak tree.

Our upgraded hogs (just for the day) on the Atlantic.

We’re learning sun sets at sea are pretty amazing!

Alaya in all her glory on Tyler Creek.

Thanks for having us, Beaufort!

No Caption

Picnic lunch on our landing beach.

The whole gang dressed up for a rainy boat show day.

Lucas at the helm while I tried not to feed the fishes.

Approaching Lady Liberty. You can’t tell from this picture but there was a lot of boat traffic to navigate through.

Captain, my captain 🙂

We made a mid-canal pit stop so Lucas could run to an Amazon box for parts. He made it back just in time for us to get out of the way of a huge barge.