Back in the BVI’s😍

We’ve recently started working for a new charter company in the British Virgin Islands. It’s been just over a month and we’ve done about 4 charters so far. We are currently on a 51ft power cat made by Leopard. Aaaand it’s AWESOME. I never thought we would be power cat fans but it’s soooo fast!! We get to each location faster than anyone else and get the best mooring. It’s less work obviously because there’s no fussing with sails and all that business. With this company I have the freedom to make my own menu and cook whatever I want on whatever day. We don’t have to report to anyone on a daily basis several times a day. I feel very fortunate to be here to be able to enjoy this time in an amazing place in this world. ☺️ 

Would you like to know how we got here?? Well it all started 10 years ago on our honeymoon. We chartered a private monohull with the captain and chef/first mate for a guaranteed adventure of 7 islands in 7 days. We stopped at the famous Soggy Dollar Bar and met one of the captains of a charter boat from a little company called The Moorings☺️

We started chatting him up and let him know we were totally interested in that kind of life. He said get your captains license and come back and we will give you a job.....just like that..... now we got caught up in the whole city life thing for 5 years but then finally one night it hit me that we needed to cut ties and set sail for a new life😉 

So began our journey. Within a week we sold one car. Within a month we sold our furniture and leased our apartment. We paid off all our debt in 3 months and saved enough to pay for both captains licenses in cash which was about $12k each. Saved enough for living expenses for about 6 months, bought one way tickets to South Africa with just one backpack each....😳 yeah my mom freaked out...she’s ok now but it was quite a shock to the family considering we didn’t grow up sailing like some people do. 

I feel like we have always been In the right place at the right time....we put things out in the universe and they just seem to happen. All in their own time but it’s a bit crazy sometimes if you think about it. We landed the ultimate job working on a private catamaran for one really cool single owner in the South Pacific (where we’ve always wanted to go and experience all the different cultures we are blind to in our day to day 9-5 lives). We wanted to deliver a boat from Cape Town to the Med and we did that and had the best experience with a very skilled captain (which we learned sooo much from) sailed the South Pacific pretty much on our own for 3 years....then wanted to dabble in the charter business see omg as how we want to have our own one day. We got the job and worked in the beautiful Bahamas for 2 years. That was an unexpected pleasant surprise!! It’s such a hidden gem with turquoise waters and white sandy beaches and very low population of charter yachts. We always said we wanted to work on a certain boat and we wanted to work in Antigua with its 365 beautiful white sandy beaches one for every day of the year! We rocked up sailing with a friend and ended up jumping ship to work on that boat we always wanted to work on in ANTIGUA!!! We were like whoa now this is getting weird.... we wanted to come to the Moorings for a while but the timing was never right. Now the time is right....😎 10 years after our honeymoon in the BVI’s here we are working charters in one of the most sought after places on Earth🙊 Like is this real!?!?!? Sort of wish I could find that one Captain and shake his hand😁 

So here we are on charter with a writer for Travel and Leisure magazine and she’s really inspiring me to write again. You get used to having this paradise in your life every day and you begin to feel like it’s normal. It’s absolutely not normal though. 😳 I forget that.... apparently there are people out there who would love to here about this life style and also how in the world I put out the meals that I do in this tiny galley of mine! 

So.... I do believe I will give it a shot just to put the Info out there and give away all my secrets....reveal the magic that is my life as a galley wench. 😆 Look our for a new blog called Tales from the Galley.....oooh spooky👻 

Gotta run...time to get fenders and lines ready for the dock. ✌🏼 

He fell in🤣🤣🤣

How I feel when I try to be sexy🤣







Taxi ride to Hog Heaven! Really nice ribs 

10 years later on our favorite island Anegada!!! At cow wreck beach!!

 Only looking SLIGHTLY different 10 years ago😜



Like my foxy kitten for Halloween at the Willie T??

The Baths w blue skies...

Tropical fruits for brekkie anyone?

The Baths with a little rain but still romantic 😍