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... -------------------- 🌊 Sailing Dark Angel follows our real-life journey sailing the Caribbean aboard our Island Spirit catamaran, sharing the challenges, adventures, and everyday moments of liveaboard sailing life. -------------------- 🎥 Become part of the Crew on Patreon Without a Crew, a Ship Has No Direction. Join the crew on Patreon:   / sailingdarkangel   -------------------- ⛵ Follow the journey beyond YouTube https://sailingdarkangel.com Lisa's personal blog is being added now. 🍻 Like what you see? You can even buy us a beer. Business inquiries: partners@sailingdarkangel.com -------------------- 📰 Featured in sailing media Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine 🍹 Rum tasting article https://digitalmagazine.latsatts.com/... 🌊 Bahamas snorkeling article https://summer2023.latsatts.com/there... Pussfoot Magazine https://www.pussfoot.com/blogs/water/... -------------------- 🍹 The Dark Angel Cocktail We created our own signature drink, the “Dark Angel,” which placed 3rd in a Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine contest. If you’d like to try one yourself or order one at your favorite watering hole, here’s the recipe: Kraken Spiced Rum Ginger Beer Muddled Mint Slice of Lime If you try it, let us know what you think! -------------------- ⚓ Marine Electronics Support We trust Sea-Tech Systems for expert marine electronics advice and support aboard Dark Angel. If you're planning upgrades or troubleshooting onboard systems, these are the guys we rely on. https://seatech.systems/ See how they helped us: https://seatech.systems/2022/02/16/sa... -------------------- 🎒 Gear we trust We take our Ugowear waterproof bags EVERYWHERE. Amazing company, amazing gear. Affiliate link: https://ugowear.com?aff=34 -------------------- 🛠 Help keep Dark Angel sailing Amazon Wishlist https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls... -------------------- 👕 Dark Angel & Be Nauti Swag https://spoiledbratdesigns.com/produc... -------------------- 📱 Follow the journey Facebook   / sailingdarkangel   X https://x.com/SailinDarkAngel TikTok   / sailing_darkangel   Instagram   / sailingdarkangel   -------------------- 🎶 Opening and closing song “Who We Are” by Miah From the band NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN Miah generously allowed us to use this song on the channel from the very beginning, and we've loved it ever since. Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WaNV... https://nineteeneightyseven.com -------------------- Lisa & Dave Sailing Dark Angel © Sailing Dark Angel 2026