2023-2024 Season Stats
October 25, 2023 – September 18, 2024 (or October 10, if you count the time we lived on the boat in Belfast)
- Total nautical miles traveled: 3,431
- Estimated hours under way: ~500
- Farthest north: Belfast, ME (044°25.8′ N, 069°00.5′ W)
- Farthest south: Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Warderick Wells, Bahamas (024°23.9′ N, 076°37.9′ W)
- Farthest east: Bar Harbor, ME (044°23.5′ N, 068°11.9′ W)
- Farthest west: Cumberland Island, GA (030°45.8′ N, 081°28.3′ W)
- Multi-day passages: 5
- Longest passage: New Rochelle, NY –> Southport, NC 84.5 hours, 585 NM
- States visited: FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, NJ, NY, RI, MA, NH, ME (we didn’t stop in either DE or CT)
- Coldest temp: 33°F (Southport, NC)
- Hottest temp: 93°F (New Rochelle, NY)
- Highest winds experienced at sea: 55kts (off Asbury Park, NJ)
- Highest winds experienced at anchor: 45kts (Rock Sound, Eleuthera, Bahamas)
- Times aground: 1 (and we were in the channel, damn it!)
- Fish caught: 8
- Ones that got away: 1 (but he must have been THISBIG – you should have seen the rod bend… no, really!)
- Number of islands visited: 36
- Amazing memories made: countless
Since we started tracking our miles in September of 2022, we’ve recorded 5,150 miles, and we estimate that since we started living aboard, we’ve sailed at least 6,500 miles. It’s wild to think that a one year experiment turned into an amazing lifestyle, and it’s hard to know that we’re taking a break. But Windara really does need some love, and it’s a good opportunity for us to deal with a lot of the “life stuff” we put off dealing with before we had a good sense of whether this lifestyle was for us. I’m excited to know that when we cast off the lines again, Windara will be safer, in better condition, and more “ours” than ever.