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Sailing Adventures of S/V Idun

Click HERE to see where we are right now, including our speed, direction and current conditions.

Click HERE to see our past voyages. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to.

Idun flying her unique downwind ballooner sail.

This is blog to follows the sailing adventures of S/V (sailing vessel) Idun from Brunswick, GA, down the coast of Florida and then island hoping in The Bahamas. We’re leaving in 16 January, 2024, returning in April or May, depending on our supplies.

Idun, is our 2003 Amel Super Maramu 53′ ketch, a cult boat renowned for seaworthiness and solid construction. Many of the 771 that were built have circumnavigated the world. She’s named for the Norse goddess of rejuvenation, something we get from our travels with her. If you’re interested in getting a tour of a Super Maramu, click here for a tour of S/V Delos that has circumnavigated and has an extensive YouTube following. 

As we progress, you’ll see additional blog postings along with pictures, so please bookmark this URL and keep coming back to follow our adventures. Use the two links above to see where we are now and where we’ve travelled.

Arrived in Exumas!

After a passage straight south from Brunswick, GA, we turned left, crossed the Gulf Stream and landed at Lucaya on Great Bahama Island. We arrived at midnight after 2.5 days of travel, covering 350 NM so we tied up at the Customs and Immigration dock and waited for them to arrive at 8:45 AM. This time, we’d done our homework in advance so we cleared in 25 minutes and continued to our friend Gills Taillefer dock around the corner to tie up at his private dock. We stayed three nights, completing a number of boat projects that we’d deferred in our haste to leave Brunswick to catch a favorable Gulf Stream crossing weather window.

Knowing that Ann Ison and Kerrie McEvoy were flying in to Nassau, Kevin Christiansen, Tom Warner and John Ison, departed Monday, January 22, arriving for the night at Little Stirrup Cay by nightfall after an exciting day sailing close hauled into 20-23kts east wind.