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  • Heading North (slowly…)

    March to April 2025 Sorry in advance – this is a bit of a long one as we’ve been so busy the past couple of months – but it’s the 2nd to last installment of… Read more

  • Extended time in Bequia

    February 2025 – March 2025 One of the challenges we’ve found cruising and maintaining the boat, is that in order to actually get projects done, you have to stay somewhere long enough to complete it.… Read more

  • The French West Indies, très agréable!

    January – February 2025 After the kids departed in early January, we headed south to the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Since we were going to spend a good amount of time in these… Read more

  • A Carried Away Christmas

    December 20th -January 4th We were so excited to have the kids come down this year to spend Christmas (and New Years!) with us in Antigua. Trevor, Sarah, Ryan, Bridget and Willy all came down… Read more

  • Extended Time in Antigua & Barbuda

    November – December 2024 Last year we were on the move for most of the cruising season and didn’t spend extended time in any one place. This year, the plan is to take it a… Read more

  • We Made It! (to Antigua & to Casey’s Wedding!)

    October 31st – November 18th, 2024 It’s hard to believe it was over 3 weeks ago that we departed Hampton, VA for Antigua. The trip was amazing and even more remarkable was the fact that… Read more

  • And We’re Off(shore!)

    Wednesday October 30, 2024 We’ve been busy in Hampton VA getting ready for our offshore passage to Antiqua. We’ve checked that all our systems are in order, gotten things fixed (because something breaks almost everyday… Read more

  • Making our way south from Connecticut to Norfolk, VA

    October 2nd – October 20th Continuing on our journey south with Beth & Steve, we stopped in Stamford CT where courtesy of my brother Peter’s good friend, we were once again able to tie up… Read more

  • And we’re off for Season 2!

    Welcome to Season 2 of our adventures aboard S/V Carried Away! We’ve had a great summer back home in Marblehead, though it went by way too fast! Since we did not arrive back until July… Read more

  • Freeport to Home – Finally!

    June 7th -July 4th, 2024 We were very pleasantly surprised by our stay in Freeport, Grand Bahama. Since we had to make the stop to get hauled and have the rudder bearings replaced and some… Read more

Welcome to our blog!

Bill and I have embarked on the journey of a lifetime, sailing our Leopard 48 Catamaran to the Caribbean, Bahamas and beyond . Through this blog, we hope to keep you all updated on our adventures and hopefully you’ll join us and be the subject of one! It’s a sweet, sweet life living on the salty sea! (JB/ZBB)

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