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Salty @shannonerickson.me and @larakin.systems sail the Eastern US and Bahamas.
Living and sailing on our Valiant 32 since 2017.
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Living and sailing on our Valiant 32 since 2017.
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Happy Birthday USA!
July 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Happy Birthday USA!
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This shit is gross. Well done by the emergency services containing this.
Our boat is visible in this picture.
Our boat is visible in this picture.
Estimated 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel spill into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, officials say | CNN
Emergency crews from a host of government agencies were working through the night to clean up an estimated 2,000-gallon diesel spill in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that started on Wednesday.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This shit is gross. Well done by the emergency services containing this.
Our boat is visible in this picture.
Our boat is visible in this picture.
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Nymeria Update: We get a break from boat chores and get to stay in a hotel for a bit. Nymeria is going to be in the yard to get new bottom paint and her water line raised so that we don't look so heavy and low in the water. #sailskye
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May 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nymeria Update: We get a break from boat chores and get to stay in a hotel for a bit. Nymeria is going to be in the yard to get new bottom paint and her water line raised so that we don't look so heavy and low in the water. #sailskye
@larakin.systems @ournextadventures.com
@larakin.systems @ournextadventures.com
Calm slow motor up the Chesapeake. Love the old lighthouses.
May 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Calm slow motor up the Chesapeake. Love the old lighthouses.
Only about 130 miles to go. We're almost to Baltimore.
One more short day tomorrow, then an overnight up the Chesapeake and we will be at our final destination for the year. We can almost feel it.
Day 2 of the canal. Made it to Chesapeake.
Only a short day tomorrow to Norfolk.
Dodged barges, waited for bridges, saw birds... You know standard ICW shenanigans.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Only about 130 miles to go. We're almost to Baltimore.
Remember back when days were different?
May 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Remember back when days were different?
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Just a lazy motor-sail up the North Carolina ICW (intercoastal waterway).
May 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just a lazy motor-sail up the North Carolina ICW (intercoastal waterway).
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Seems like a good day to sail 65 miles north on the ICW.
6am departure.
6am departure.
May 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Seems like a good day to sail 65 miles north on the ICW.
6am departure.
6am departure.
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need RFK Jr to get around to taking off the "DO NOT EAT" label on silica packets
April 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
need RFK Jr to get around to taking off the "DO NOT EAT" label on silica packets
We logged 560nm over 79 hours traveling between The Bahamas and the US. Our longest trip of our 3 year journey.
We tested every one of our limits and succeeded.
We tested every one of our limits and succeeded.
Parting Brings Such Sweet Sorrow
Like all good things, they must at some point, come to an end. After almost 90 days in The Bahamas, we were looking for a weather window to head back to the states. While I was checking the extende…
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April 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We logged 560nm over 79 hours traveling between The Bahamas and the US. Our longest trip of our 3 year journey.
We tested every one of our limits and succeeded.
We tested every one of our limits and succeeded.
While it's different being back in the states, the world is still beautiful.
April 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
While it's different being back in the states, the world is still beautiful.
We made it! Back in the states after 3 months in the Bahamas. On to our next adventure!
Bahamas to Beaufort 2025.
Nearly perfect 3 day sail. Wind for most of the trip. Gulf Stream was rocking.
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April 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We made it! Back in the states after 3 months in the Bahamas. On to our next adventure!
We are so close now. 2 more hours.
April 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We are so close now. 2 more hours.
There is light at the end of this tunnel!
We've been underway for 56 hours now. Not sure how much sleep either of us have had. Certainly not much.
But the end seems reachable now. 133 miles to go.
But the end seems reachable now. 133 miles to go.
April 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
There is light at the end of this tunnel!
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24 hours, 173 miles covered... 386 miles left.
Feels like we will never get there.
Still looks like some time Tuesday arrival.
I'm tired.
Feels like we will never get there.
Still looks like some time Tuesday arrival.
I'm tired.
Here we go. 557 miles to USA. Hopefully less than 87 hours. Once we hit the gulf stream we should eat up the miles
April 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
24 hours, 173 miles covered... 386 miles left.
Feels like we will never get there.
Still looks like some time Tuesday arrival.
I'm tired.
Feels like we will never get there.
Still looks like some time Tuesday arrival.
I'm tired.
After 3 months in the Bahamas it's a big run back to the states.
Here we go. 557 miles to USA. Hopefully less than 87 hours. Once we hit the gulf stream we should eat up the miles
April 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
After 3 months in the Bahamas it's a big run back to the states.
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Here we go. 557 miles to USA. Hopefully less than 87 hours. Once we hit the gulf stream we should eat up the miles
April 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Here we go. 557 miles to USA. Hopefully less than 87 hours. Once we hit the gulf stream we should eat up the miles
We're underway. 1 hour done... 80+ to go!
April 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We're underway. 1 hour done... 80+ to go!
It's that time again... Route plotting for our 3+ day sail back to the states.
Looks like a good gulf stream rally with several bail points.
Looks like a good gulf stream rally with several bail points.
April 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It's that time again... Route plotting for our 3+ day sail back to the states.
Looks like a good gulf stream rally with several bail points.
Looks like a good gulf stream rally with several bail points.
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How much power does it take to make water from the ocean?
~1.4kw
I'm currently making 35 gallons (130L) of water an hour.
My water tank will be full in about 2 hours and it will probably use about half my battery bank.
Usually I run a generator, but my batteries were full and I wanted to test.
~1.4kw
I'm currently making 35 gallons (130L) of water an hour.
My water tank will be full in about 2 hours and it will probably use about half my battery bank.
Usually I run a generator, but my batteries were full and I wanted to test.
April 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
How much power does it take to make water from the ocean?
~1.4kw
I'm currently making 35 gallons (130L) of water an hour.
My water tank will be full in about 2 hours and it will probably use about half my battery bank.
Usually I run a generator, but my batteries were full and I wanted to test.
~1.4kw
I'm currently making 35 gallons (130L) of water an hour.
My water tank will be full in about 2 hours and it will probably use about half my battery bank.
Usually I run a generator, but my batteries were full and I wanted to test.
We meet so many great people on our travels.
Here's to all of the friends we have met and will meet! 🥂
Here's to all of the friends we have met and will meet! 🥂
The Best Ships are Friendships
We’ve chosen this nomadic lifestyle which has definitely come with its challenges. Not only does it mean that we don’t currently have a home port but we also don’t have a consistent support system …
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April 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We meet so many great people on our travels.
Here's to all of the friends we have met and will meet! 🥂
Here's to all of the friends we have met and will meet! 🥂
April 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We've been quiet lately. We're on our last leg of this Bahamas journey. Currently safely tied up at a marina on Green Turtle Cay until we get a good weather window to cross back to the states.
Until then. We have nothing to do but soak it in.
Until then. We have nothing to do but soak it in.
April 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We've been quiet lately. We're on our last leg of this Bahamas journey. Currently safely tied up at a marina on Green Turtle Cay until we get a good weather window to cross back to the states.
Until then. We have nothing to do but soak it in.
Until then. We have nothing to do but soak it in.
Made it back around "The Whale" 🐋 and have settled in at Green Turtle Cay.
April 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Made it back around "The Whale" 🐋 and have settled in at Green Turtle Cay.
We had a visitor today.
April 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We had a visitor today.