Thanks! It was an amazing feeling of accomplishment and when we first saw land it was like all of the nastiness just faded away. At least for me. It took Adrienne a little while to get over it. 😁 Thanks for watching and the comment, please spread the word, we love getting new viewers!

Thanks so much! So far the Caribbean has been amazing! We’re a few months behind on the videos so lots of amazing details coming up for you shortly. Believe me when I say that the next five years will go by in a flash and you’ll be cruising the seas like an old salty dog 😊. Spread the word, we love new viewers!

Thanks! We are going to get a couple of sets and try and see if they work.

Thanks! Definitely not giving up but it may take some extra convincing for Adrienne to go on a longer passage 😊

It was great that you guys were with us! Nice and calm and smart and easy and fun! Thank you so much!!!

Thanks so much! That makes us feel great.

Thanks so much! And yes, we totally realize how blessed we are to be living this life and we never take it for granted. 😊

Thanks so much!

Thanks Michael. It may be fun for you to start from our first video if you have some spare time. See how or if we’ve progressed ☺️Welcome aboard!

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching. If your new to the channel it’s fun to start from the beginning to see how far we have come ☺️

We were certainly keeping an eye on her! But she went into Tennessee and fell apart while we were up in Hampton, VA so she wasn’t a threat to us. But the atmosphere was certainly stirred up. Thanks for the comment and for watching!

Thanks. We feel very blessed to have her. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Erin! We just wanted to show that sometimes it’s not all about beautiful, secluded beaches and pleasant downwind sailing. And sometimes getting seasick just plain sucks. But it’s also certainly worth it to get to buddy sail with our totally awesome friends! 🥰

It seems like if you start with small, “scary” experiences and live thru it, then the next time you experience it, it’s not so bad. You just build up your tolerance.

You guys are a total inspiration to us! So glad you’re enjoying the Bahamas!

You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching.

Thanks so much for the concern! That means a lot to us. Not sure what construction failures you’re referring to regarding the Leopard 45 though. There were a few window bonding issues but certainly no construction failures that would be cause for major concern. We have absolute trust and faith in our boat and the Leopard brand! Please let us know if there are specifics that we don’t know about or if you have a specific question or concern that we can go over.

You just gotta hope that you can go as early in Nov as possible. The longer you wait, the worse it gets.

Thanks Lori. We’ve got a lot of great stuff coming up! So far it’s been amazing down here in the Caribbean.

Thanks Kirk. Sometimes when you can’t shake off the seasickness, it just plain sucks.

Thanks Nik. That’s very kind!

Thanks David. We’ve had a bunch of people tell us “if you don’t like the ocean, you shouldn’t be sailing.” We love the ocean and we love sailing but sometimes it just plain sucks. And I’d be very surprised if those people complaining about the video haven’t had many moments of sheer terror (unless of course they don’t actually go sailing). 😊 Thanks for your comment and for watching!

@@SailingWindTherapy Well, I got hooked on sailing YT’s, then took classes, then bought an old boat to practice on Lake Michigan. I became good at it and enjoy it. But then I crossed the Carib with an old friend on his boat…and that was my eye opener to the truth! I experienced similar sea states as you (along with no radar or AIS). I’ll never do that again, haha. Enjoyed your vid, fair winds.

Thanks Chris, we’re getting so many hate comments from this,it’s nice to read a friendly one! And yes we’re already doing great as we make our way to Grenada. We’re a few months behind on the vids since Adrienne is so meticulous with the editing 😊

@@SailingWindTherapy haters are going to hate. That’s what they do. Life is too short for that kind of negativity. The real question is, was the knitting done in time for Channukah or will it have to wait till next year?

@@chrisfossum1499 the knitting was completed. Blankets and ponchos for the grand babies! 😊

Thanks so much Rick! It was certainly very good to get there!

Hi! Thanks for watching our videos. Believe it or not, I actually miss working! I keep threatening to go back to work, but that whole sailing around the world thing keeps getting in my way.

By the way, how are you?

I'm doing well, thanks! I started doing day sails in the Chesapeake the last couple of years with a friend who has a monohull. I think I'll be in the Caribbean with that friend in January '24 for some island hopping. Maybe we'll see you!

@@Riaob456 we’re actually home for the summer. The boat is in Grenada until November when we’ll start heading back north. We missed a bunch of islands on the way down. Let us know if you do end up in the Caribbean. Maybe our paths will cross.

Will do! I think he's heading down that way from Beaufort in November, but I'm not coming until January. I don't know details yet as he's on a different trip NE now. When it gets closer to the sail date, I'll check in and see where you're at... or just check your website. 😁

Thanks and welcome to the journey! I think since we’re not in our 20’s KZfaq normally only promotes and limits our videos for a couple of days after we release (even though Adrienne rocks in her bikini) 😁. Keep in mind when you start from the beginning that Adrienne’s editing I feel had gotten much, much better. Sound too. And we LOVE blue music so we normally feature artists we listen to and love.

I love and miss you, as well my dear friend. Thank you for always watching. Say hi to your parents for me.

Thanks Eddie!

Totally crazy, right?!?!

I’m the end, it was great to get there. And a pretty cool adventure too. Thanks for the watching!

We love them both! Thanks for watching.

No, we want to head back up to New England in the summer of 2024 but I may need crew in case Adrienne decides to just fly up to Bermuda and meet us there. But I’m sure I’ll talk her into the trip otherwise it’ll be pop-tarts and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for 5 days. 😊😁😇

Thanks. At the moment the insurance company is requiring us to have someone else on the boat whose done passages before. It’s a total pain in the butt.

Jim, sometimes it’s good to get outside though 🤪. Is that you on the bass guitar?

Thank you! We appreciate the kind comment.

Yes, we agree. When we saw land, it’s like all the pain suddenly went away! Thanks so much for the comment.

Thanks Buggy from Germany! We’ll be sailing (on a river boat) up the Rhine at the end of the summer. Really looking forward to that!

Thanks Eric!

Thanks Laura. Sailing all of the way to Thailand is quite a remarkable feat! That’s still our plan as long as I can convince Adrienne that sailing downwind across the pacific is not as bad as into the wind in the Atlantic. 🙃

Thanks Chris. We’ve been getting some hate comments because people don’t like it when Adrienne complains that she’s not doing well.

How big were the seas

@@jw-vx8im 15 to 20-foot swells.

Thanks so much! It’s great to finally get back to the Caribbean.

Thanks again. We actually got some hate comments from this video! Read some of them if you get a chance. It’s quite funny 😊

Thanks! We will definitely give that a try.

Thanks Luis. We love Puerto Rico and can’t wait to get back there!

@@SailingWindTherapy We go to The restaurant at Puerto del rey once in a while let us know if you're in that route

@@LuisRodriguez-tz9uf they have the best Arroz con Pollo there ever! When we left there a few years back we took two orders to go 😊

My wife is the most incredible human being I have ever met. I have a lot of empathy for her when she’s not feeling well so the plank is not the answer. We filmed a few minutes of her expressing her feelings at that moment. It wasn’t even close to endless. It was a snapshot of twenty minutes of not feeling well over a 12 day period. I think you’d be pretty board if we videoed all 12 days

Thanks! The BVIs are awesome too! We’re a bit behind with the videos but we should have the BVI video out next week. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Buggy!

Adrienne has used bonine/Dramamine. she says it just makes her sleepy and angry. It didn’t work for her seasickness though. She tried the wrist bands but that didn’t help her much. Her best medicine is Coca-Cola and pretzels. But… we know bonine has helped some of our other friends so we’re not saying it wont work on your wife.

Awesome! Thank you!

Oh, so sorry 😔But I think I convinced my wife to do the North run next year from Antigua to Bermuda to Maine, USA! I told her it’s all downwind sailing though. 😇😜

@@SailingWindTherapy Brilliant, thats the ticket. Best of luck will be following

On this trip our crew is actually from Illinois, USA. We are dying to get to Cape Town one day.

Bullcrap! The truth is the truth and needs no apology. 1st of all the quality and quantity of the food in the tiny shops is limited and often out of date. The islands are dependent on the weekly mail boats to bring in the food and that limits the supply. The locals need to eat too and Thats why we provision big time before visiting. We spent months sailing in the Berry Islands and the Exumas. 2nd of all the marinas are always full with cruisers, you are either miss-informed or lying. Thirdly cruisers eat out and frequent the bars all up and down the island chains, for example Chat nChill was started years ago just to accommodate cruisers spending money. We love your islands and spend money where can but you get offended about the truth- supplies are limited outside of the major cities - thats just a fact. You apologize!

@@nahbrown Sail boater?

I think if you had listened to the comment, she was referring to good cuts of meat. Besides Prime Island Meats on Great Exuma, it is extremely hard to get that in the Exumas and Family Islands. Now on to us not “giving back” to the people of the Bahamas (who we absolutely love). We patronized every single restaurant and bar that we could find. We visited many times and purchased so much food from The Pink Store and the Blue Store on Staniel that we started to feel like family. We also purchased and brought with us close to One Thousand dollars worth of school supplies that we gave to Ms. Lindsay at Black Point for the kids at her awesome school. She and her children are absolutely wonderful. We made it a point to patronize your establishments in every single town on every single island that we visited. And by doing that we met the most lovely Bahamian people. So… we apologize if you were insulted but there was nothing to be insulted about. It’s actually quite insulting to be berated by someone who obviously does not know us or has even watched our videos because if so you would have seen how we gave back to the Bahamas.

They spent many months and dollars cruising the Bahamas on their sailboat.

@@arcoparchitects565 yes for 4 years and two seasons in the Bahamas. Currently between boats😢

Thanks Mike! Adrienne’s dad had a really bad reaction to the patch so she doesn’t like to use it. But… if it gets bad enough, I’m sure she’ll give it a go!

@@SailingWindTherapy I’ve fished offshore too many times in Louisiana, never went out there without it, little Jesus lives in there and he’ll protect you from mal d’mer

Hi guys! We postponed the trip for close to two weeks waiting for a weather window. The later the season gets the worse it gets so that was our chance to get out before it got even worse. Have an amazing time in the Bahamas!!! Let us know if you have any Bahamian questions. 🥰

You must be right… except for the 600 nautical miles we have sailed since that trip.

congrats???

There’s not a single thing my amazing wife could do that would poison a voyage for me. Enjoy being seasick? That’s very funny. Please show me a video of you enjoying being seasick. I would love to see that!

@@SailingWindTherapy I would get sea sick. I got over it.

Sometimes getting seasick really sucks though.

I already have her onboard for the passage back up North from Caribbean to Bermuda to New England. I just won’t let her re-watch this video prior to the passage 😇😁

Funny you should ask. I’m going to have to do a lot of convincing for Adrienne to go on another long passage 😊. I’m hoping the trip back up north in May 2024 will give us a decent weather window up to Bermuda. If it’s mostly downwind then I think she’ll go. If not… then I’ll take some crew and eat a lot of pop-tarts and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Oh thank you so much! Our videos are a couple of months behind since Adrienne is so meticulous with the editing and we already passed thru USVI (which we absolutely loved). But we’ll be back! We actually stayed one night near Elephant Bay off of Water so we could drop our friends off at the airport which was pretty cool. Is that near you?

@@SailingWindTherapy we are in red hook, but still just a taxi ride to the airport for sure.

Oh yea, we’re stocked up on Rum now! And it definitely helps!

Thanks for the great advice!

@@SailingWindTherapy You're perfectly welcome!

Just checked and have no idea

Oh yea! We forgot to talk about that. The guys from Ullman sails drove down to Hampton. They took our Main down and put the logos and stripes on in the parking lot of the marina.

We did for quite a bit, yes.

Holy crap, you’re right! Omg! We totally screwed that one up. We certainly didn’t mean to disrespect the BVI like that. I suppose 12 days at sea turns your brains to mush. I’m surprised after 30,000 views, no one else notice this.

For some reason on this particular passage my wife had a bad time and she wanted to show that it’s not always pleasant cruising. But thanks for letting us know that it really wasn’t rough for her. I’ll inform her of your decision

Exactly! Adrienne is already talking about the trip back north next summer to Bermuda and then New England. Shhhhhh!!!! Don’t remind her! 😅

So you’ve done a lot of ocean crossings and have never felt bad or sick? Good for you!!!

That’s so awesome that you’ve never had a bad day at sea! Very impressive. You should video that.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

We wanted to show that cruising is not always sunshine and unicorns. But hopefully no more negativity for a while. 😊

So you didn’t love the video 😁

Thanks for the comment. If you never attempt to do anything you think you might not like then you’d never leave your house.

Thanks Alan. We have full confidence in the boat and she handled the conditions without any problems whatsoever (except a leaky hatch or two which of course is not structural). We were never once concerned for our safety. My wife just had a couple of long bouts with sea sickness during the passage and she wanted to show to the folks that normally watch our channel that cruising is not always frolicking on secluded beaches and pleasant downwind sailing. Thank you and we do appreciate your comment. 😊

You’ve done a lot of amazing 12 day passages? That’s great for you, congrats!