Ahoy and a warm welcome aboard Mabul
Take time off, quit the apartment, set the household goods and move onto a sailboat to sail across the oceans and head for unknown shores. Cruising in the Caribbeans, something for dreamers? Maybe. We are such dreamers. In April 2022 we bought a sailboat in the Caribbean and named her Mabul. Over the past few months, we have sailed northward from Grenada down the string of pearls and along the Greater Antilles toward Guatemala, where we are currently spending the hurricane season. Here we are preparing Mabul in the boatyard for the next big voyage: Crossing the Pacific next year. If you want to hear what we experience and who we meet on our journey, listen to our podcast “BoatCast Mabul” or read our blog. You can find the latest pictures in the gallery. Nice, you sail a little bit with us!
Caribbean greetings from Mabul!
Karin and Alex
Blog
- The sinking island of Gardi Sugdub
Last summer, a story went through the world press: «Klimawandel: Bewohner verlassen Insel in Panama», was the headline on ARD and «Gardi Sugdub: The Americas’ disappearing island» was the headline… Continue reading - A rearranged triangle relationship
Back on Mabul! Time for a brief review. 2024 is the year when everything changes again. It is also the year of a boat timeout. When we arrive in San… Continue reading - Jungle Boatjobs
Boat projects hurricane season 2024 part 1 Our 2024 sailing season ends earlier than expected because Mabul breaks down every time we try to leave Panama. Well, I had put… Continue reading
Gallery
- Gallery – Hurricane season in Panama
Refreshed and energized, we return from Jamaica to the Turtle Cay Marina, where Mabul is patiently waiting for us. We actually want to replace the rudder bearing as quickly as possible and then sail to Cartagena in Colombia to spend the hurricane season there. After some back and forth, we decide not to sail to… Continue reading - Gallery – Jamaica
After Mabul is fixed, we make our way to San Blas. San Blas is over 200 nautical miles to the east, and we want to set off from here with an improved angle to Jamaica. The passage will be a tough ride upwind anyway. But we don’t want it to come to that. We continue… Continue reading - Gallery – Bocas del Toro
Finally, a weather window opens up that allows us to safely leave the atoll of Cayos Albuquerque without an engine, and we set sail. On the way, we are accompanied by a few birds that are still asleep when we drop anchor at eleven at night. There are lots of boat jobs to do here… Continue reading
