Prepping Our SAILBOAT for a Winter in THE BAHAMAS EP. 61

[ SUPPORT US ON PATREON ] https://www.patreon.com/sailingseawind [ ONE TIME CONTRIBUTIONS ] https://bit.ly/3e5YE78 Casting the lines and saying goodbye to comforts of land life are freeing in many ways. But living on a sailboat, not owning a car or house, and having everything we own in our 32 foot floating home can be overwhelming at first. It took me a while to get used to it. For Katy it was more natural. She prefers a small living space and a big backyard. I also prefer this but arrived at that conclusion after I spent 6 years renovating Seawind and then moved aboard and shoved off leaving everything behind. Here we are again, doing this same thing. Leaving Pelican Harbor, and our friends who are like family in Tropic Bay is in some ways freeing, and also hard. We are always so grateful for the hospitality and love we are shown while there. But we felt as though it was the right time to say goodbye and head off on another adventure. We leave the dock on New Years Day 2023, and quickly realize that it is going to be a madhouse on the ICW! But thankfully we make it (quite cheerfully I might add) to north Fort Lauderdale and then on to Lake Sylvia the next morning. It will be from here that we leave for The Bahamas this time. We're taking a different route into the archipelago and we are so excited! Now all we have to do is finish some boat projects, provision, and find a weather window! You can find all of this and more in this weeks episode of Sailing Seawind. We hope you all are having a great new year! Enjoy! #digitalnomad #boatlife #lifestyle #epidemicsound #sonyalpha #travelvlog [ BOAT SPECS ] 1978 Allied Seawind II Hull #89 Displacement - 15,000 pounds Ballast - 5,800 pounds of lead (encapsulated keel not bolted on) Marconi Cutter Rig Length - 32' Beam - 10.5' Water Draft - 4' 6" Air Draft - 45' [ MUSIC BY EPIDEMIC SOUND ] Suncatcher by Wendy Marcini Soakin' up the Sun by Ludlow Reap by Bjurman The Infinite Space by Of Water Porpoise by Phello Mimicking Your Breathing by Harper Rey