Shannon Erickson
@shannonerickson.me
Small town mountain girl with a sailing habit.
Pediatric SLP, chronic traveler
Pediatric SLP, chronic traveler
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
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
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).
Happy sad to be back in the states. Also feeling super accomplished by having completed the epic, for us, passage back.
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 9:08 PM
Happy sad to be back in the states. Also feeling super accomplished by having completed the epic, for us, passage back.
Aww, thanks sweetie 🥰
April 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Aww, thanks sweetie 🥰
Tentative departure plan is to leave the Sea of Abaco on the 19th. Weather looks to be good for a trip to Charleston but maybe all the way up to Southport, NC. Of course “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”
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 3:46 PM
Tentative departure plan is to leave the Sea of Abaco on the 19th. Weather looks to be good for a trip to Charleston but maybe all the way up to Southport, NC. Of course “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”
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This is how @shannonerickson.me usually drives Nymeria.
Standing on the seat for visibility, main navigation and autopilot running. Ipad and Phone setup for separate chart references. (Lots of shallows to avoid)
Standing on the seat for visibility, main navigation and autopilot running. Ipad and Phone setup for separate chart references. (Lots of shallows to avoid)
With 2 of 3 months in The Bahamas behind us we turn back north. 30 more days until they kick us out.
March 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is how @shannonerickson.me usually drives Nymeria.
Standing on the seat for visibility, main navigation and autopilot running. Ipad and Phone setup for separate chart references. (Lots of shallows to avoid)
Standing on the seat for visibility, main navigation and autopilot running. Ipad and Phone setup for separate chart references. (Lots of shallows to avoid)
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Hope Town Harbour had a lovely light show last night and luckily there's been no reported boat strikes. Nymeria, one of the masts on the right, enjoyed the gentle rain and light breeze that accompanied the show.
Thanks to S/V Summer Salt for the Pic!
@shannonerickson.me
@larakin.systems
Thanks to S/V Summer Salt for the Pic!
@shannonerickson.me
@larakin.systems
March 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hope Town Harbour had a lovely light show last night and luckily there's been no reported boat strikes. Nymeria, one of the masts on the right, enjoyed the gentle rain and light breeze that accompanied the show.
Thanks to S/V Summer Salt for the Pic!
@shannonerickson.me
@larakin.systems
Thanks to S/V Summer Salt for the Pic!
@shannonerickson.me
@larakin.systems
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We've been making an effort to be off our computers and to live more in the moment, so we haven't posted in a while. Here's a quick rundown of what we've been up to for the last few weeks. We've tried to not let the multiple cold fonts with gale force winds stop us from enjoying ourselves!
#sailsky
#sailsky
Slow down, You Move Too Fast…
Our trip here in the Abacos hits a bit differently this time around. We’re taking things a bit slower, hanging out with friends a bit longer, and just not trying to rush through this experience. We…
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March 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We've been making an effort to be off our computers and to live more in the moment, so we haven't posted in a while. Here's a quick rundown of what we've been up to for the last few weeks. We've tried to not let the multiple cold fonts with gale force winds stop us from enjoying ourselves!
#sailsky
#sailsky
Hope Town is such a special place.
Yea, this is ok.
Dead calm this morning.
Elbow Cay lighthouse in the background. This is the last remaining kerosene lit lighthouse.
Dead calm this morning.
Elbow Cay lighthouse in the background. This is the last remaining kerosene lit lighthouse.
March 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hope Town is such a special place.
We had a lovely meet up with some new and old friends while hiding from a blow in the protected harbour of Man O War. We were all tired from experiencing 35+ knot gusts for about 24 hours but it didn't stop us from getting together to connect and swap stories. Fellow cruisers are the best!
March 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We had a lovely meet up with some new and old friends while hiding from a blow in the protected harbour of Man O War. We were all tired from experiencing 35+ knot gusts for about 24 hours but it didn't stop us from getting together to connect and swap stories. Fellow cruisers are the best!
Nymeria has taken the recent weather/waves in stride but I'm ready to have a nice restful sleep.
Glad that we previously swapped contact info with a fellow boater so that we could help out when their anchor lost its holding. We hope to meet up again in calmer wind to swap stories over a beer.
Glad that we previously swapped contact info with a fellow boater so that we could help out when their anchor lost its holding. We hope to meet up again in calmer wind to swap stories over a beer.
We've been hunkered down in 25+kts of wind for the last few days. We're over it.
Nymeria has been holding well with 100ft of chain, but we had to help rescue our neighbors this morning because they were dragging.
Supposed to settle down tonight. 🤞
Nymeria has been holding well with 100ft of chain, but we had to help rescue our neighbors this morning because they were dragging.
Supposed to settle down tonight. 🤞
March 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Nymeria has taken the recent weather/waves in stride but I'm ready to have a nice restful sleep.
Glad that we previously swapped contact info with a fellow boater so that we could help out when their anchor lost its holding. We hope to meet up again in calmer wind to swap stories over a beer.
Glad that we previously swapped contact info with a fellow boater so that we could help out when their anchor lost its holding. We hope to meet up again in calmer wind to swap stories over a beer.
When traveling, it's not only the people and places that leave a mark...
Our first 2 weeks in The Bahamas have been an excellent adventure.
We've just started and have seen only a small bit of the local wildlife.
We've just started and have seen only a small bit of the local wildlife.
February 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
When traveling, it's not only the people and places that leave a mark...
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Changes in latitude, changes in attitude...
Love it when @larakin.systems makes these videos. Sometimes pictures just don't do it justice.
#sailsky
Love it when @larakin.systems makes these videos. Sometimes pictures just don't do it justice.
#sailsky
First full day in the Bahamas is done. It felt good to relax after a few months to get here.
January 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Changes in latitude, changes in attitude...
Love it when @larakin.systems makes these videos. Sometimes pictures just don't do it justice.
#sailsky
Love it when @larakin.systems makes these videos. Sometimes pictures just don't do it justice.
#sailsky
Finally back in the Bahamas!
Clear water, Sands beer at the beach bar, Caribbean music on the radio.
Clear water, Sands beer at the beach bar, Caribbean music on the radio.
January 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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@shannonerickson.me is doing our weather routing for tomorrow. Everything looks good for an offshore low wind motor-sail to West End Bahamas.
#sailing #sailsky
#sailing #sailsky
January 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@shannonerickson.me is doing our weather routing for tomorrow. Everything looks good for an offshore low wind motor-sail to West End Bahamas.
#sailing #sailsky
#sailing #sailsky
Perhaps this should be next on my list. #booksky
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January 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Perhaps this should be next on my list. #booksky
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Owning a sailboat isn't always sunshine and sandy beaches. It's also being the tool wench while @larakin.systems does some boat yoga in tight spaces to fix a leaky fuel line.
January 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Owning a sailboat isn't always sunshine and sandy beaches. It's also being the tool wench while @larakin.systems does some boat yoga in tight spaces to fix a leaky fuel line.
So excited that the Bahamas are only one passage away. Now we just have to do some previsioning with groceries and spare parts while we wait for our window of opportunity to make the crossing.
We found a glorious downwind weather window to take us all the way from St. Augustine to Fort Pierce, FL. We completed 166 nm in 29 hours, averaging 5.6 knots which was not too bad for us in light winds. We're going to be in this area until we have a window to cross over to the Bahamas!
January 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So excited that the Bahamas are only one passage away. Now we just have to do some previsioning with groceries and spare parts while we wait for our window of opportunity to make the crossing.
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Nymeria Update: We're heading offshore tomorrow morning for Fort Pierce. It's supposed to be a low winds and waves from behind to push us the 160+ miles to the Fort Pierce City Marina. We'll leave out tomorrow morning with the sun and hope to arrive mid afternoon on Monday.
January 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Nymeria Update: We're heading offshore tomorrow morning for Fort Pierce. It's supposed to be a low winds and waves from behind to push us the 160+ miles to the Fort Pierce City Marina. We'll leave out tomorrow morning with the sun and hope to arrive mid afternoon on Monday.
Our view from the dock this morning.
Good morning! It's a bit chilling today, but we've got plans to continue heading south soon as this weather warms a little.
December 1, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Our view from the dock this morning.
Earning or feast! Happy Turkey Day
November 28, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Earning or feast! Happy Turkey Day
Today was an early and chilly moving day. Can't complain about the blue skies and calm water though.
Morning departure. 7am wakeup, and we were off the dock by 7:45. Not our fastest departure, but pretty good from "house mode" to "sail mode"
I'll be posting pictures in this 🧵 as we progress along our 6 hour trip today.
I'll be posting pictures in this 🧵 as we progress along our 6 hour trip today.
November 24, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Today was an early and chilly moving day. Can't complain about the blue skies and calm water though.
❤️ this! I was hoping that something like this would show.
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November 24, 2024 at 1:16 AM
❤️ this! I was hoping that something like this would show.