Grounded...,

Everything was going so well...We haven't posted since we anchored at the amazing Tortuga bay on the island of culebrita. Surrounded by turquoise waters and the occasional head of a sea turtle. White sands and all, this was truly what we came here for..The kids were having the best time and so were we. When we first got there we didn't even bother to launch the dinghy and all of us just jumped off the boat and swam to shore and back.  An amazing...

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AND we're off!!!!

Long day, short post :)It took a little over a week but we finally said goodbye to marina puerto del ray, and sailed off towards the island of culebra!The passage was long and somewhat bumpy, and challenging for the kids, but they pulled through and we are now anchored off the island!!!First thing we did was pump the tubes and jump in the water!Let the fun begin!!!Merry Christmas!!!!Da...

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Totach

Well, I did promise to teach you a little about sailing, but today I'll contribute to your Hebrew vocabulary...The Hebrew word תותח (Totach),Literally translated, a cannon. Used in Hebrew slang to describe man like Oren, who single handed installed the missing prop, replaced its partner, and got us going! All the way to the fuel dock, around the Marina and back to our dock. Clearing the way for the next phase of our adventures! Totach!In the...

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Xmas present

Just when I thought Jews don't get Xmas presents! We spent the day in a crazy race to get the boat operational. Installed new Props (underwater), Fueled (yes, we got the boat moving all the way to the fuel dock!), changed engine oil, changed saildrive oil, replaced watermaker filters, cleaned up, and a bunch of other preparations (more on changing propellers with boring technical details most will not care about, in a separate post). We are planning...

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closer to water

Almost there... Yesterday we finally closer to the water and went on our first dingy ride. the dingy, to those of you who haven't met Arbel in the last 6 months, is "the small boat connected to the big boat that goes zooming fast" about 3 minutes into our ride, rain arrived and soaked us to the bone... it was still great to get closer to the water. We even found an authentic pirate ship, right around the corner After the dingy ride we finally...

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Not just yet...

Not just yet... I know what you're thinking... By now, 7 days into their trip, they have found themselves a nice sandy beach, umbrellas in their cocktails and hats on their heads, and their only worry is re-applying sunscreen every couple of hours while checking frozen snow images on the Facebook walls of friends they left behind in the cold... Well... Not just yet... We landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday afternoon, and got to Fajardo that...

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This is it

This is it. Flight attendant just announced that we're ready for take off, and the adventure of a lifetime is about to begin. In fact it already started. A thought about facebook: not everyone is there. Not everyone who's there really sees everything you write. Some of my friends have no idea what we're up to. This blog is here to help. If you clicked the link and got this far you must guess that it has something to do with a crazy boat trip. Well...

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Week 1 - summary

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