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Cast off and sail with us! Join us on sailing expeditions that challenge you to cast off from home, sail the high seas and make landfall on a distant shore.

01/14/2025

Dreaming of being on the sunrise watch on passage 🤩

Check out our passages at the link in the bio!

01/12/2025

It’s so fun to see snow on our decks! Our first cold climate winter aboard and it’s feeling extra cozy inside.

We just sent an email update about life and projects aboard Arbella to our subscribers. If you’d like to join the group, let us know and we can send you the email!

Hope you’re enjoying the weather where ever you are!

01/09/2025

Tucker often puts a task or situation into perspective by asking, “what would the prudent mariner do?”

And that’s the type of question you want your captain to be asking.

A prudent mariner will comply with rules, regulations and best practices, identify risk through all means available, mitigate risk in a timely manner, and is adaptable to the ever changing conditions and circumstances.

His passion for offshore sailing, doing it well, and sharing the experience with others runs deep. Just ask him any question about sailing and soon enough he’ll talk you into selling your home, moving aboard and sailing the world in no time…but you should probably come sailing with us first! 😉

Embark on an epic ocean passage with Salty Coffee Sailing Expeditions!

01/05/2025

Apply now to join Salty Coffee Sailing Expeditions on an epic ocean passage.

Firstly, if you don’t already know, sailing can be so much more than a pretty boat cruising into the sunset.

Offshore passage making is an opportunity to unplug and reconnect in the best way. Our expeditions allow you challenge yourself, live in the present, work within a team to complete a passage, learn, explore and of course, experience life at sea.

Let us show you how it’s done aboard our Skye 51, Arbella, this coming season!

Find our passages at www.saltycoffeesailing.com and apply to get started.

Let’s go sailing!

12/31/2024

If your New Year’s resolution is one or more of the following, we’ve got you covered!

1. Challenge myself
2. Get out in nature more
3. Surround myself with good people
4. Learn something new (about sailing, myself)
5. Be more eco conscious

Salty Coffee Sailing Expeditions can help you reach your goals this new year!

Happy Happy New Year, friends! 🎉 🍾 ⛵️

12/27/2024

Sailing takes you where planes, trains and cars can never go!

This is the protected Isla San Benedicto of the Revillagigedo Islands.

We sailed here from La Paz, MX with stronger wind on our stern and it was exhilarating. Even more so was seeing this island for the first time. Grandiose and gothic cathedral-esque, it became even more menacing as sand devils travel across its steep and jagged terrain. Pumice and Silky sharks surrounded the boat and as we circumnavigated the island we watched the terrain turn from a barren grey to red and brown! Birds flew all around us and if you look closely at the final photo, you’ll see a Humpback whale slapping the water with its pectoral fins and a calf right beside slapping the water with its flukes.

Well done Mexico for protecting these islands. What a beautiful way to honor Mother Nature and we are so fortunate to have sailed there!

Let’s go on another adventure!
Come sailing with Salty Coffee Sailing Expeditions.

12/20/2024

If you know what to look for and the rules of the road, offshore night sailing is so fun and an amazing time to get in tune with your boat. Once you have your heading and your sails are trimmed, it’s just you and the movement of the boat as the waves roll beneath you and the night sky entertains. If you do see a vessel on the horizon, we wait to make a move until we are sure of the vessels distance, direction and speed by watching first and then, if necessary, checking the radar.
If we determine we are not on a collision course, we sail on! If we are, we make a definitive and obvious adjustment to our course and watch as the vessels lights fade into the distance.

Each of our passages offer the opportunity to improve your night time sailing confidence! Let’s go sailing.

12/18/2024

Sailing in the Sea of Cortez is a sailors and divers dream!

We were sailing from Isla Partida to Isla San Francisco and anchored at Los Islotes along the way. We all jumped into the water to find these graceful and wild creatures flying through the water and blowing bubbles! We finished the sail in the rain and made french onion soup to warm up. A full day of adventure not to mention a night of very deep sleep.

Come experience life aboard with us on one of our ten passages!

12/17/2024

Obviously very stoked to be reading Bernard Moitessier’s, The Long Way, while sailing into Tahiti!

This was our final stop after sailing from La Paz, Mexico and so bitter sweet. One day, we’ll sail there again and maybe you’ll come along? Until then join us from our list of passages available now!

12/11/2024

📣Bermuda to Nova Scotia

Our final leg of the season! Let’s go!

12/10/2024

📣Bahamas to Bermuda!

Come with us as we sail northeast from Bimini back to St George’s Harbour! It’s going to be a longer sail so you have plenty of time to settle into the rhythm of living aboard and traveling by sail.
On longer passages I love to bring a nice thick book to fall into, make delicious snacks to share and stare into the sea like a meditation. It’s so. good. for the soul.

12/09/2024

📣Mexico to Bahamas!

Do we need to say more? This will be a more dynamic sail if you looking for potentially variable conditions and weather. Learn more at the link our the bio!

12/08/2024

📣Jamaica to Mexico!

Still need a gift for that adventurous, outdoorsy, thalassophile in your life? We have just the experience to give and it will undoubtedly stay with them for a lifetime! Better yet, gift yourself the opportunity to grow, learn and experience life on the sea! Let’s go sailing.

12/07/2024

📣DOMINICA to JAMAICA!

Join us as we fly across the Caribbean Sea in the consistent trades and with the wind at our backs! This is going to be a fun one.

Read more about it at the link in our bio!

12/06/2024

📣USVI TO DOMINICA!

Upwind sailing, shipping traffic, tropical squalls… sounds like a well earned landfall in Dominica to me! Some of our favorite landfalls have been after a challenging sail.
Also, did you know couples can apply together? Nothing says I love you like working as a team with your loved one… and right in time for Valentine’s Day!

12/05/2024

📣Grenada to USVI!

Come with us for an epic sailing adventure from lush Grenada to beautiful Christiansted! I can already feel that Caribbean sun and the rock and roll of Arbella at sea. This is going to be a good one! 🌅

More info at the link in bio.

12/04/2024

📣 Antigua to Grenada!

If you want to know what it’s like to sail the Caribbean islands, maybe even island hop and explore some anchorage’s, this is the passage for you! Being just over 300 nautical miles, you’ll get a delicious taste of the cruisers life in the Caribbean 🏝️

12/03/2024

📣Bermuda to Antigua!

Join us for the nearly 1000 nautical mile passage to Antigua! If you want the real deal, this is the passage for you with the added perk of sailing yourself into the Caribbean.🌴☀️

Read more about this passage at saltycoffeesailing.com
(Link in Bio)

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Let us show you how to do it the right way! Do you have questions about what to expect on a passage? The link in our BIO will take you to our website where you can find a FAQ page with many answers to common questions. Have one that’s not there? Ask away, we are happy to answer! ☺️ #saltycoffeesailingexpeditions #offshoresailing #skye51 #adventuretravel #sailing #maine

MEET ARBELLA! 🥳 We can finally officially introduce you to Salty Coffee Sailing Expedition’s vessel, Arbella. She is a Skye 51 cutter rigged ketch designed by Kaufman and Ladd and commissioned by Alden Yachts at the Mao Ta Shipyard in Taiwan. She is a performance cruiser and although only 18 have been built, this design has made a name for itself and is highly regarded as a fantastic offshore sailboat. Specs: LOA: 51 ft LWL: 42.92 ft Beam: 14.25 ft Draft: 7 ft Displacement: 38,708 lbs Ballast: 15,500 lbs Sail Area: 1,247 sq ft We have some work cut out for us before we can put her in the water so we’re very happy to have her home in Portland so we can get her ready! Thanks @belmontboatworks for helping us get her here safely! #saltycoffeesailingexpeditions #offshoresailing #sailboat #skye51 #sailing