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Much of the content of Aqua Vita Photography comes from our sailing life.
Please join us in our biggest adventure yet: a full year abroad, sailing on our live-aboard blue water vessel, Merdeka, starting June 2021!
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Almost There! Week 3
Day 18: Thoughts from Dina: (while we wait for Jamie's next post...) SO close!
The girls and I are currently in Toronto. We fly out tonight for the Azores - a direct flight! We are staying in an Air B and B right across from the marina where the boys will dock. Once they dock they will have to stay on the boat in quarantine until their tests come...
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Continuing on: Week 2
Day 14: Nothing Broke Today! Mon Jun 28 2021
Today was a welcome day of relatively drama-free sailing. The wind has finally started to turn to come more from the west- that means we haven’t had to “bash our brains out” all day beating into the wind and waves. We are now on a “beam reach”, which means the wind is coming over the side of the boat, i...
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Headed Offshore Now: Week One
The girls saying goodbye to dadda. Tue Jun 15 2021
Ok, here we go! In a few minutes we will cross over the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel Bridge, and we’ll be in the open Atlantic Ocean. Next stop, the Azores!
Day 2 has begun The sun has just risen on Day 2 of our offshore trip to the Azores. It’s our first morning at sea, after a late afternoon start fro...
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Offshore Delicacy
by: Jamie Chase
In a few minutes the rim of the sun will finally peek over the eastern horizon from behind me as we sail southwestward. I’m cold, a damp cold, and 1,000 nautical miles from land on the Pacific Ocean, though not quite south enough to be considered tropical sailing. The gray light offers no warmth, but the promise of the minutes ahea...
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Today is the Day!
By: Jamie Chase
Today is the day: Sunday, May 3rd, is the date that we have been figuratively counting down to for the past 5 years, and that I have literally been counting down to since December. On our fridge calendar, I wrote a small number in the corner of each day from January 1, 2020, counting down until today: “Day Zero”. As I write this, I...
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