SDA190 Smooth Sailing, Dirty Secrets

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we sail from Long Island to Great Exuma in perfect spinnaker conditions. It’s a steady breeze and sunshine kind of day, seven and a half hours of easy miles and peaceful motion. But as always, smooth sailing comes with a catch. The hull’s looking rough again, and before long, we’re back in the water scraping slime and hunting barnacles. Yep... we really need a bottom job. *in real time, we've been struck directly by lightning. All of our navigation systems, running, navigation, anchoring and work lights and much of our freezer capacity is badly damaged, as well as keel damage. Lightning exit or bottom strike while we were dragging at over 62 knots, we're not sure. If you can help, any amount would help greatly. Even just sharing our GoFundMe would be very much appreciated. Our link is https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebui... Our Rum tasting article in the fall issue of Latitudes and Attitudes magazine is available NOW... It's delicious! https://digitalmagazine.latsatts.com/... Enjoy our Bahamas snorkeling article in the summer issue of Latitudes and Attitudes magazine https://summer2023.latsatts.com/there... Watch for our Rum review coming in the fall issue. It's delicious! We take our Ugowear waterproof bags EVERYWHERE! Awesome company and amazing products. Get yours here https://ugowear.com?aff=34 Join us on this adventure of a lifetime. Check us out... sailingdarkangel.com Lisa's personal blog is being added right now. If you like what you see, consider buying us a beer? Thank you for helping us stay afloat If you'd like to support our channel in a material way, have a look at our wish list https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls... Join our Crew on Patreon. Without a Crew a Ship has No Direction. Help us to create more for you!   / sailingdarkangel   for benefits We were featured in an article on Pussfoot! https://www.pussfoot.com/blogs/water/... Get your own 'Dark Angel' and 'Be Nauti' swag here https://spoiledbratdesigns.com/produc... Don't be shy, contact [email protected] to design your very own custom products. Join us on Facebook   / sailingdarkangel   X/Twitter x.com/SailinDarkAngel TikTok tiktok.com/@sailing_darkangel Instagram @sailingdarkangel UHive https://www.uhive.com/z/BTTAKBN MeWe https://mewe.com/i/darkangel46 Reddit   / sailingdarkangel   Our opening and closing song is Who We Are by Miah Check out his band NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN! They are awesome http://nineteeneightyseven.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WaNV... Lisa & Dave #boatlife #catamaran #islandspirit #lifestyle #sailboats #sailing © Sailing Dark Angel 2025