Salty Podcast #56 | ⛵LIVE: Sailing Life w/ @JulietSVSpica on an Island Packet 35 Sailboat!

Juliette of sailing vessel Spica shares her journey from sailing novice to confident sailor, now planning an ambitious voyage from Florida to Nova Scotia, Greenland, and ultimately Norway.

• First hooked on sailing after a four-day course in Annapolis on an Island Packet 32
• Purchased an Island Packet 35 after meeting owners who had lived aboard for 11 years in the Keys
• Initially terrified during first solo sailing experience but now feels completely at home
• Currently docked at Fort Pierce, Florida after living at anchor for a year
• Balances life as a sailing nomad with running her life coaching business remotely via Starlink
• Plans to sail up the East Coast to Norway, connecting with her genealogical heritage
• Learned boat maintenance through necessity and YouTube tutorials
• Travels with her dog Bronson, who has adapted from non-swimmer to "full water dog"
• Values the supportive sailing community that has helped her along the journey

Chapters

• 0:00 Introducing Juliette and Spica
• 5:45 First Sailing Experience and Boat Selection
• 16:32 Solo Sailing Challenges and Growth
• 28:03 Living Aboard in Florida
• 36:40 Plans for Sailing to Norway
• 42:44 Life Coaching and Sailing Lifestyle

Transcript

Capn Tinsley: 0:00

What stirs the soul, to cast the lines, hoist the sails and leave comfort of shore behind. Tonight we meet Juliette of sailing vessel Spica, who sails an Island Packet 35 out of New Smyrna Beach, florida, with her loyal four-legged crew and a mix of solo sailing and sailing with a crew. Juliette has some exciting sailing plans on the horizon and, while the details are still coming together, her course is clearly set for adventure. Has some exciting sailing plans on the horizon and, while the details are still coming together, her course is clearly set for adventure. She is also a life coach, blending mindset, purpose and passion for the sailing lifestyle. In this episode we'll find out what first got her into sailing and how it's evolved over time, and how she's preparing for whatever comes next, but first for whatever comes next.

Capn Tinsley: 0:46

But first. Quick favor, hit like, subscribe and share this video and don't be shy. Drop your comments in the live chat on YouTube or Facebook so Juliet can reply in real time. I'm Captain Tinsley of Salty Abandoned, an Island Packet 320 sailboat, and this is the Salty Podcast, episode 56 juliette, welcome to the podcast, thank you, hello thank you, it's nice to be here.

Capn Tinsley: 1:13

Thank you for coming on. It's a pleasure to meet you and uh, all right, so I do have a first question. Here we go. How did we start at the beginning? How did you first get into sailing? What was there a moment that hooked you?

Juliet SV Spica: 1:34

Absolutely, it's a little bit of a backstory.

Capn Tinsley: 1:39

One of my girlfriends and I were sitting there.

Juliet SV Spica: 1:42

We were talking on the phone and we were talking about starting a channel and we were talking about just fishing. And then I went home and spoke to my husband and we were empty nesters and we kind of were we didn't use half the house and we were kind of having that realization and we both are pretty adventurous and we like doing things. So we decided to go up to Annapolis and do the school, where they allowed you to stay on the boat for four days and yeah, it's an island packet, and so during that time we were looking at like Beneteau's, um, the Cape Dory and the island packet those were the three like great brands that we were considering. But once we did the school I was hooked 100% hooked.

Capn Tinsley: 2:33

I was all in.

Juliet SV Spica: 2:34

I wanted to definitely live on a sailboat.

Capn Tinsley: 2:37

That's interesting. So is that ASA 104 class.

Juliet SV Spica: 2:42

Yep.

Capn Tinsley: 2:43

Yes, I took that class too, and you were on an Island Packet for the class. Yeah, yes, I took that class too, and you were on an island packet for the class. Yeah, I was 32. Okay, all right, so, and so my next question is about your island packet 35. What made you choose that particular boat?

Juliet SV Spica: 3:01

Well, it was a couple things. The couple that I met felt very similar to me. So for me, on routine I had spent about a year looking for vessels. That was about that was going to fit the needs and everything that I wanted At the time. I had two dogs, a German Shepherd and a pit bull, and so room was a factor for sure. Sure, with two humans and two dogs, and every Cape Dory and every Beneteau was a little bit too narrow. So the island packet was definitely the way to go and when I met that couple it was instant I knew that was the boat, that was the couple, everything just kind of synced and it was Are you talking about the couple that owned the boat Prior?

Capn Tinsley: 3:51

Yes, the people that I purchased the vessel from. Yes, all right, and they you said they were living on it for 11 years.

Juliet SV Spica: 3:55

you were saying offline 11 years in the keys. They sure did. They were wild animals. I aspired to be exactly like that. They were really cool to me and um ended up staying friends with them because of that.

Capn Tinsley: 4:05

So, um, they helped me a lot, a lot about this vessel well, if you can, you mind saying their names, um, ann and daryl. Okay, and did they say in a marina or did what? What's the last?

Juliet SV Spica: 4:21

name Sadler, sadler, okay, yeah, and the vessel before I renamed it Spica, it was Alibi, so a lot of people should know the vessel as Alibi down in the Keys because it was there for 11 years do you know where they kept it?

Capn Tinsley: 4:41

or was it at a marina? Or were they living on the hook?

Juliet SV Spica: 4:44

on the hook, on the hook, oh they were divers so they would teach people how to dive that would come, and so they had to get creative in that income to support like that life, just as we all do wow, yeah, we all have to try to support this life, don't? We all right. So much though it becomes like the dragon eating the tail. So it's okay, because it's like what your passion or what your interests are, and so putting money into that is just kind of okay right, I yeah, I agree, I totally agree.

Capn Tinsley: 5:21

I've spent like a million dollars on my boat, but that's okay. Now do you remember your first solo sale? Cause I know you've soloed you don't solo all the time but I know you've soloed Um.

Juliet SV Spica: 5:36

I have and it was. It wasn't a hundred percent by choice, because we were just separated at the time and, um, it was genuinely, if I'm honest, terrifying, because I didn't have the experience. I had the knowledge, but not the actual experience, and so, putting everything connected, it was overwhelming, if I'm just honest, it wasn't like a pleasurable experience.

Juliet SV Spica: 6:02

I was like oh snap, and then got some squalls that forced the boat to come on anchored and had to handle that and another vessel hit this vessel and so it was kind of Like ripping a bandaid off.

Capn Tinsley: 6:19

It was kind of like ripping a bandaid off. I think that's normal. I think that's normal.

Juliet SV Spica: 6:24

I found out that that is, but I wasn't ready.

Capn Tinsley: 6:28

Yeah, so, and now, how do you feel about it?

Juliet SV Spica: 6:33

It's home. It's home, it's none of the none of it is as overwhelming as it used to be. It now takes a whole different beast of it's problem solving, and so you can handle it. And then you kind of get into more of a routine. You understand, this angle means I have to do this and I have to cheat everything this way. And so you start to like, instead of fumbling through the steps, you are actually like doing the steps and you build confidence in that.

Capn Tinsley: 7:06

Sure, I definitely. And, um, you know, not a lot of women will, will, do, will, will do, will sell by themselves. I've met some incredible ones that have gone around the world now, but but as a rule, you know, I hear a lot from women. Why, yourself? If I had a dollar for every time I heard that I'd be rich.

Juliet SV Spica: 7:27

It's true yes, you would be. I would rather not, because that wasn't the the dream but about. I've owned Spico now for two years and for about half of that time I lived on it solo at Anchorage and so just recently got into a marina just to kind of like find that baseline again for some normalcy and just kind of the conveniences of, but I won't be here in this area for more than it more than a year, for sure, because I didn't buy a boat to stay. Stay in one spot.

Capn Tinsley: 8:03

Oh, I like to hear that. Oh, and so you're at a marina now and you're in New Smyrna Beach um, actually I relocated down to Fort Pierce.

Juliet SV Spica: 8:13

Okay, all right yeah, that's nice though and that's where we're, but that's where I'm from.

Capn Tinsley: 8:19

Yeah okay, uh, let's see. Um, oh, what's it like living aboard in new smyrna beach?

Juliet SV Spica: 8:26

or we can say, what's it like living aboard in port pierce we can do either, or which one would you like to do either one? How about both? The water in new smyrna beach is a little bit Central Florida water, so it's brown, it's murky, it's not what you would visualize your vessel on like living your best YOLO life. Yeah, you're like. I don't know if I would want to get in that water, and so that was kind of a negative for me, although I was very familiar with the area.

Juliet SV Spica: 9:01

There are much better locations, in my opinion, to anchor out at, and so Fort Pierce for me was that perfect, ideal spot for still staying in Florida for the time and having access to the ocean. It was an immediate access and the water's perfect so port pier's, probably for the next year.

Capn Tinsley: 9:27

Okay, um, uh, oh, you've got. You've got some plans. Um, you told me that you're thinking about sailing the east coast, the east 100.

Juliet SV Spica: 9:39

So within owning this vessel it was just a matter of three weeks took it immediately over to Great Sail Cay and did a couple passages to and from the Bahamas and got pretty acclimated with her and what that took. And then the next, larger one. Instead of doing short little minis back and forth, I would really like to go up the East coast of the United States over to Nova Scotia, greenland, and then do the loop over in Norway.

Capn Tinsley: 10:09

Oh my gosh, that's incredible.

Juliet SV Spica: 10:11

So that's going to be the year of like, planning, researching, because I don't, I don't want to go into it completely green. Even though it will be my first time. I would like to have the education, the timing, the trade ones, just everything and the boat all the way up for that. I'm definitely going to do it in the warmer months so tell me, why norway it's beautiful, it is stunning.

Juliet SV Spica: 10:39

It is the mountains and the ocean mixed and they're just it's stunning. It's a lot of our heritage comes from that region and Scotland and Ireland and all of that right there. So it's just kind of. I researched a lot of the lands there and based on our surname and just was like fascinated with all of that, with the genealogy. So just going and exploring that just seemed like top notch. And then the next one.

Capn Tinsley: 11:10

That's really cool. Or maybe, uh, that my grandfather was from norway, yeah, and his brother. They both came over here, but, uh, I've never been so's. I think that's fascinating. I don't like cold sailing, though.

Juliet SV Spica: 11:31

I'm researching the heaters, the diesel heaters, right now.

Capn Tinsley: 11:35

I'm like maybe it's like an enclosure you know and then which I don't. I don't have a full enclosure, no, so definitely that would have to be on the list.

Juliet SV Spica: 11:47

For sure yeah.

Capn Tinsley: 11:48

Yeah, so that's fascinating. So I guess you would go in the warmer months up to do your crossing in the summer. Yes, okay, all right. So let's see. How are you preparing for that passage? Are there any parts you're still trying to figure out?

Juliet SV Spica: 12:11

Well, in all honesty, I'm just going to keep it as simple. I am networking and talking to people that are telling me what they have done to prepare for passages that are similar and those are my best resources, and then I I listen to them, like they tell me this is the best teeter, this is the best whatever. I research it and try to put it on the list the list.

Capn Tinsley: 12:36

Yeah, and I have a name for you who's a couple that's on an island packet that I can send it to you. They do that's. All they do is cold water places they want. They love sleet and ice and and I don't understand it, but that's. They like the cold places better than the Caribbean. So you probably I should, you should probably talk to them.

Juliet SV Spica: 13:00

Okay, this is a one time thing. I probably won't spend a whole bunch of time there, because I'm definitely a Florida girl, so I couldn't imagine staying in a place that was too cold for too long yeah, so maybe I'll see you out on the water down in the Keys or something after this trip.

Capn Tinsley: 13:21

Okay, so obviously the trip to norway be your longest passage when you, when you make that um, are you planning to to stick to the icw or head offshore as you move up the east coast, or both.

Juliet SV Spica: 13:39

Actually, I want to do both. There are a handful of spots that I think are pretty good, like like little coves and nooks along the East Coast, that I would also like to explore, since I have a vessel and I'm able to go up. So I think I would do both.

Capn Tinsley: 13:53

Yeah, I guess it depends on whether.

Juliet SV Spica: 13:54

There are certain sections you cannot do both, but where there's a big chunk where you either have to commit on one side or the other, and so I would probably do that.

Capn Tinsley: 14:07

Are you gonna be doing this by yourself? No, okay, okay, your dogs. Let's talk about the dogs now. You down to one dog now. Yeah, that's all that tribute video you did to your German Shepherd and I was like, oh, she was so cool.

Juliet SV Spica: 14:29

She was 13 years old and her hindquarters were starting to give out, and so she weighed 65 pounds, and lifting her up and down the companionway was a workout all in itself. Every single walk was twice a day, but we would go out to an island and just let her roam on the beach and have a good time, and the pit bull was able to maintain because he was more of a spring chicken at that time. But yeah, we're down one dog now and he's a handful, especially still in the small space. But before, especially with the lack of knowledge and experience, having two dogs on the boat was um, it was. It was a lot, if I'm honest. It was a lot to maintain and keep up.

Capn Tinsley: 15:15

I want to show this. Uh, right here, I love this. This shows your boat and the dog and I just and the. What's his name? Bronson?

Juliet SV Spica: 15:35

Bronson, yeah, correct, uh, he looks very comfortable in the dinghy he did not know how to swim when I purchased the boat, and so he is a full water dog now, and he is. He had a learning curve, exactly like I did, and he now is swimming with the dolphins and having a great time. He's very comfortable.

Capn Tinsley: 15:56

How old is he? Seven, okay, so he's not. He, he's not. He wasn't too old to to learn no, not at all.

Juliet SV Spica: 16:07

His curiosity overtook his age by far. He was like he would see dolphins going by and he would go out just short enough to where his legs would now not be touching the bottom, and then he, he would start to learn, and he just kept looping until he, he would start to learn, and he just kept looping until he actually learned how to swim, and now he's pretty good at it.

Capn Tinsley: 16:27

That's cool, yeah, yeah, because I'm I'm gonna be taking my cats, like I told you, and I've got a. I got little life jackets for them, I put on, put them on the cats and they just kind of laid down and just sat there. So they'll have to get used to it. What are you doing to me? Yeah, yeah. Um, so I do want to talk about your favorite Anchorage, but let's, let's cover that towards the end. Um, let's see. Uh, oh, talk about your, your life coaching business.

Juliet SV Spica: 17:09

Um, so I kind of walk the walk and a lot of what I do I do carnivore lifestyle and carnivore health and I did that by learning from a doctor about my own medical needs and stuff like that, and it worked. And then I had another family did it and it worked and it just kind of continued. So I was like, huh, maybe I'm onto something here. Before I was just more life coaching and so really taking on the health and then empowerment, like learning how to problem solve, and so implementing that into life and then getting the coaching to be a source of income so I could live the lifestyle on a boat was my creative way, the way that yours is with podcasting.

Juliet SV Spica: 18:00

It was easy something I could do should use from computer. I could have a background where I'm doing jumping jacks and showing people a workout or just kind of encouraging them to do whatever they are we're putting on, but teaching just empowerment and that people can really problem-solve and get through almost any type of adversity that they face so how does that blend with the sailing lifestyle?

Juliet SV Spica: 18:23

It seems like it blends perfectly it actually it does blend perfectly, uh, because I change locations a lot. It's we have many, many coaches in the world, but the background, the change, the fact that it's on a sailboat, um, that kind of intrigues people and then once they get in and they start implementing that same stuff into their life and it, it provides money in that access as well. And the friendship honestly, I ended up being friends with people that I ended up coaching, so it's been a great network.

Capn Tinsley: 18:55

I think it's been very empowering for me with the sailing, just just the sense of accomplishment. And you know, if I'm offshore somewhere, it's almost like being in church for me. It's just. I mean just to see the beauty and the nature and just everything. It's just, it's, it's extremely um gives you, gives me a sense of accomplishment, you know, in a humble way, and it's very humbling out there because things can get out of hand quickly, very humbling. That's why I meant the walk.

Juliet SV Spica: 19:32

The walk because it's easy to preach it, but when you're living with mother nature and your home floats, you really have to challenge yourself sometimes of what that frame of mind is. It's humbling and it's it's a you learn about yourself. You learn what you're capable of that you maybe weren't capable of before and you maybe genuinely were not. But if you stick to it, have some stubbornness and, like, get the right frame of mind, there isn't really much that you can't get through, and I think that that is true. And living on a boat.

Capn Tinsley: 20:08

Yeah, someone on the podcast said, and I'm paraphrasing it's empowering and humbling at the same time, because it's empowering but then you realize you are just a little, a little smidgen on the earth and you're and the, the storms and the ocean, and everything is really, uh, the boss there's no question.

Juliet SV Spica: 20:37

you're just along for the ride's right and it has to be respected.

Capn Tinsley: 20:42

People ask me if I get scared and I just say scared's really not the word. I respect it and we take all the precautions, but then in the end, if something happens, something happens. I know it's a risk. I'm sure you know it's a risk.

Juliet SV Spica: 20:59

I use that fear as the fuel to continuously do it Like to prove that I'm just not in that false cage, which is basically the same thing as you, and it's humbling to when you finally get done. You're like I did it, that was crazy, you know, and you kind of like pat yourself on the back and you're like I have no idea how that all happened. But when you slow down and you really look at everything, um, and you respect Hayden.

Capn Tinsley: 21:33

This is Hayden and Radine here. They want to know do you teach yoga to cruisers?

Juliet SV Spica: 21:39

I don't teach yoga, but somatic healing and getting in touch with your mind and body and recognizing like, say, just hyper vigilance or hyper breathing shallow breathing and if you're in that state of anything, so not yoga, but definitely I do short circuit breathing shallow breathing and if you're in that state of anything, so not yoga, but definitely I do short circuit 20 minute workouts and it keeps the heart rate elevated the whole time. They're more intense than what yoga would be.

Capn Tinsley: 22:06

Well, just think about your services in Georgetown. You know about Georgetown, right In the Exumas. That's a whole sailboat community down there. Especially in the winter, you would have lots of customers there Of all. Yes, that's what my goal. I want to try to get there later this year.

Juliet SV Spica: 22:27

When are you going to?

Capn Tinsley: 22:28

go. I'm shooting for maybe leaving here, like in Gulf Shores, orange Beach, in November, november 1st, and try to be gone for two months and I'd like to get to the Exumas for the first time. I've made it to Nassau before, but I've never been to Georgetown and I've interviewed many people on this podcast and it is someplace that I really want to go soon. Yeah, okay, I'm want to go soon.

Juliet SV Spica: 22:56

Yeah, okay, I'm going to keep that in mind. Thank you for passing that along. I might think about some of that, yeah.

Capn Tinsley: 23:03

There would be people there that would probably want your services and there's a lot of bartering going on and it's a very I can't think of the word. People are so gracious with their knowledge and they're very helpful. They're very generous with their time, like if you need help or you need a part. It just sounds like a great sailboat community down there in the wintertime. What Georgetown? Georgetown, also known as Chicken Harbor, because a lot of people they go down that far and they think they're going to go further and then they chicken out and they just stay there because it's so comfortable.

Juliet SV Spica: 23:44

It's so much fun. Huh, is that how I got its name?

Capn Tinsley: 23:48

Yeah, chicken Harbor is unofficially known as that because people, just because if you go further south of there it gets kind of rough, you know, yeah, you're, you're. It gets a little more challenging with the sailing and the weather and everything. So but anyway, I will, we'll talk about that. Um, yes, um, what's one lesson sailing has taught you? That really applies to everyday life. We kind of talked about that already.

Juliet SV Spica: 24:19

But yeah, not to get overwhelmed with the stuff. You have to prioritize it and, like put it in order so you can get through whatever it is so prioritize.

Capn Tinsley: 24:28

Okay, yeah, and have you learned anything about maintenance or any of that?

Juliet SV Spica: 24:34

Yes. I didn't realize I was signing up to be an electrician a plumber, all of the above. I thought I was just going to say I live my best life. But yeah, you learn to do. You know, you change the filters to the water maker. You learn about solar panels because I have bifacial solar panels, which is amazing and then also how to change a Joker valve and a toilet, and then also you know, just all of it.

Juliet SV Spica: 25:02

You end up learning a lot. You did this yourself, um, not at first, but I have in those experiences. I did by myself, yes, and this is what saved me Google or YouTube, youtube, if I'm honest, like emergency how to change a Joker valve because I just didn't know, I didn't even know, that's amazing. I didn't know what was happening. I just knew my toilet was backing up and acting really bad.

Juliet SV Spica: 25:36

And it was a mess, so you just learn Was it a clog? It was. The actual valve itself wasn't flapping anymore, and so from the tank it was backing up and overflowing, I didn't, and so every time a wake would come by from another vessel. Cause I was at Anchorage. I was like I'm in about an inch of my own mess. I'll leave it at that, verbiage.

Capn Tinsley: 26:05

Wow, and you figured that out. That's awesome.

Juliet SV Spica: 26:11

That's what you end up having to do. It's.

Capn Tinsley: 26:13

It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it now.

Juliet SV Spica: 26:16

Yeah, it's you end up learning a lot.

Capn Tinsley: 26:22

Uh, I'm, I can. I got to get off the credit card teat, you know, because I just I call my, my, the company that works on my boat, I call them. And uh, the company that works on my boat, I call them, and I've got to get off that. I've got to stop being dependent on other people to do the maintenance on my boat. So I'm in awe of that and I do have to learn that I have not.

Juliet SV Spica: 26:44

This is one thing that I, so far, am proud of, but it's also very humbling, as you have said, anything that has been any type of maintenance, whether it's the original engine, which is a Yanmar, everything has been maintained to that level and it's still that level.

Capn Tinsley: 27:06

And yeah, that and Sarah that's. It's neat to preserve it. Well, that's cool. So Hayden and Radine are watching and they would probably know who the former owners are of your boat. It's sailing vessel alibi was the name, hayden, so I'm wondering if you and what were their names again, Ann and Daryl.

Juliet SV Spica: 27:22

I think it's Sadler or Stadler.

Capn Tinsley: 27:24

Okay, yeah, he'll speak up if he's still listening. He knows, he knows everybody.

Juliet SV Spica: 27:30

Everybody. Oh yeah, they knew everybody too. They're a really cool couple.

Capn Tinsley: 27:35

Yeah, it's. It's really a nice community, isn't it? And Hayden runs that Facebook page and it's just got everything. That's another thing you can search. That's another great resource, because everybody's asked that question and, um, if you need to upgrade something or something's broken or where you need to order it, all the answers there do you use that as a resource? What, what? Resource was it again the island packet um island packet facebook group for the owners um, I have not as much every blue moon I will.

Juliet SV Spica: 28:08

I normally do exactly what I said. I YouTube and just immediately like resource and Google and what do I do with this, and normally do that, but I probably should reach out more. If I'm honest, I probably have less.

Capn Tinsley: 28:23

Well, all you got to do is go up there and search and somebody's asked the question before, probably, and if they haven't, then you just post your question and it's all there. So Hayden says oh yes, we know them. Was it not 35, cheris? I?

Juliet SV Spica: 28:40

don't know what that is, and it was Daryl and Ann.

Capn Tinsley: 28:46

Okay, so nope, that's not it. Sorry guys. Let's see what we got here. Um, let's see what we got here. What advice would you give someone who wants to combine boat life with meaningful work, which is what you're doing?

Juliet SV Spica: 29:05

prepare to find balance, and this is what I mean by that. There have been times where I was scheduled to have a client meeting for an hour and there was a thunderstorm, there was a lot of racket going on and the connection was not bad. So you have to just, instead of getting disappointed, you have to set the stage, and I love it, if I'm honest yes, daryl and Ann from Chesapeake Bay.

Capn Tinsley: 29:44

I'm not sure I know your boat Well yeah they were in uh, they were into the Keys for 11 years. They were in the Keys for 11 years.

Juliet SV Spica: 29:54

Yep, key West also.

Capn Tinsley: 29:56

Okay, primarily they didn't have a home back. It was.

Juliet SV Spica: 30:01

Alibi. It was the Alibi back then.

Capn Tinsley: 30:05

Okay, all right. Yeah, so you do have Starlink.

Juliet SV Spica: 30:12

Yes, and I toggle it on and off. I got the Marine package, which, in the Bahamas, was lightning fast. I did not expect that and it was fabulous. So I definitely recommend, if you're going to do anything online, to go ahead and just bite the bullet and I know that it's more expensive, but it's worth it if that's what you're basing your income off of, but it's worth it if that's what you're basing your income off of.

Juliet SV Spica: 30:34

So the Marine package, meaning the $5,000 Marine package, you can toggle it on and off this and you can also pay it monthly.

Capn Tinsley: 30:44

I've got the $160 a month package that I can toggle on and off and you didn't have to upgrade your package when you went to the Bahamas.

Juliet SV Spica: 30:55

No, all the satellites came down.

Capn Tinsley: 30:58

Wow, that's great. Okay, and I know that.

Juliet SV Spica: 31:05

Hayden and Radian used theirs as well. Do they have?

Capn Tinsley: 31:06

the package. Well, I think it's called the mobile package, now the marine package. When I think of the marine package, I think of the big one that that's five thousand dollars and it's I don't know how much a month for for like yachts and things yes, a hundred percent.

Juliet SV Spica: 31:23

I do not have that package, I have no, do not have that package I have the budget.

Capn Tinsley: 31:28

Yeah, it would totally blow the budget I have to do far more push-ups. We have the Rome 150 a month. No, wait a minute, I don't have the 150 a month.

Juliet SV Spica: 31:43

Mine's 160. I'm taking notes right now. I'm learning a lot right now on this, okay.

Capn Tinsley: 31:48

Well, they're in St Martin, and they know, and they've used theirs all along the way. Okay, in St Martin, and they know, and they've used theirs all along the way, okay. So, alright, here's one Just for fun. What's one thing you always have on board, besides the dog, of course?

Juliet SV Spica: 32:08

Coffee.

Capn Tinsley: 32:10

Coffee.

Juliet SV Spica: 32:11

Coffee Is that what you said?

Capn Tinsley: 32:13

100% of the time, coffee, yes okay, you're my kind of gal right there. Just as long as I have coffee, I'm good. I'm just oh I love that answer yeah, all right answer yeah, all right. So let's pull up your, your Anchorage in Fort Pierce. Okay, I'm going to pull up Google maps. I'm going to go to Fort Pierce, all right, and I'm going to put this on the screen and you tell me where to go okay, if you just keep it right there.

Juliet SV Spica: 33:14

Okay, so you see the purple go. Okay, so you're in the inlet. And that was actually the first inlet that I left from um indiantown, where I actually purchased the vessel, but it came into this inlet and so go scroll to the right this way. Yes, ma'am, all right. Okay, so if you see that Island Right here, go to the left with the mouse. Yes, ma'am, perfect. So that is the Island where I anchored for about a year. Wow, Spoiler.

Juliet SV Spica: 33:57

Yep, and the, the, the two hurricanes that just hit Florida, like the past year. Yeah, we, the, we were anchored on exactly where your mouse is at Right here and yep, and a little bit more to the left. Yes, perfect, right there, perfect, yep, okay, so right there is excellent, because the traffic is not too bad. It's in their-wake zone.

Capn Tinsley: 34:32

Really it's a no-wake zone.

Juliet SV Spica: 34:34

That's nice. I know they do get some wakes though, but tons of vessels come right here and kind of collect and then jump over to the Bahamas from this port, and that was actually the very first passage. Um was from that inlet to great sale k, I think, under like less than a month doing that, and that is a great spot. That island right there is basically doesn't even have a person on it monday through friday, and then on the weekends everybody kind of gathers there and has a big barbecue or stuff and people like beach up. It's a great location and the water is perfect. The storms get a little hasty, so having a substantial anchor is definitely needed. I've seen many boats come on anchored, including myself, like if you look to the middle of the right screen where it says Chuck's seafood restaurant, right next to it is the Coast Guard, and at one point in time we were anchored next to the island and a 65 mile per hour knot storm came through and almost put the vessel on the rocks that are right there at that point where the Coast Guard is. So we get some pretty good storms in this location. So it's something to be aware of. But if you take the right precautions, you're good. The place right where you're right next to the, that's the chuck's restaurant. Right to the right of it is the coast guard base and then, if you see right to the right of that, there is a marina and that is currently where I'm at for the favor, the favor cove. So we actually went and moved the vessel during those hurricanes further south, but then the hurricane changed direction and actually came closer.

Juliet SV Spica: 36:34

Talking about is right right here, this little note, good, further down. Yep, that's exactly what he's talking about and this entire area. You can see the little vessels over here to the right. They it was packed, everybody was there and then, after the hurricanes drove through the boat, the boat work yard and a couple vessels were being worked on their maintenance. There's all kinds of cool fish in here and I mean again, the ocean is right there, so it's easy sailing. For just learning, I just had to pull up my phone. I went to check my phone to make sure that it wasn't my connection, everything just froze on me so I just thought I'd come on here.

Capn Tinsley: 37:24

Let's see. Um hayden says something here. What does it say? Oh my god, that that's my IPYOA Island Packet calendar over your left shoulder.

Juliet SV Spica: 37:34

That's it, I promise you it is. It's really cool too. Spica is November, yeah, and she's a great vessel. It was really cool. Yeah, it's a great community. I promise I learned um in the boat life that you get a really cool community that comes with it and everybody's willing to help, like genuinely help, and that's that was needed, especially for somebody as green as me that didn't have any experience. I agree.

Capn Tinsley: 38:10

Yeah.

Juliet SV Spica: 38:10

It built me up. I needed it for sure All right. Well.

Capn Tinsley: 38:21

There you are. He says hello, I've been doing this 30 years. Only two for me, so it's still got 28 years to learn. I guess, since my um, all my equipment is failing. Maybe we should go ahead and end. It is unless you've got something you want to say or any questions you want to put out there for hayden, because he knows everything. You've got his full attention right now.

Juliet SV Spica: 38:48

I don't necessarily have any questions right now for Hayden, but I'm sure that I will reach out to him for sure, and I appreciate that for for from him and you. I feel open to that, and both of you have made me feel that way, so that's, that's awesome.

Capn Tinsley: 39:03

Oh, good, good, you know he's, he's on an island pack at 35 as well.

Juliet SV Spica: 39:09

It's amazing.

Capn Tinsley: 39:11

Yeah, he knows everything about that boat. He also knows oh, I think she has joined. I have. Yeah, she's on there. You know, I had an island pack at 27 to begin with and he had an island pack at 27. I always and he had that. He had an island pack at 27. I always forget, but I think it was 15 years. It was a long time. I always forget the years. But I've called him in a panic about a few times, so he was very helpful.

Juliet SV Spica: 39:42

I have a couple that I have leaned on particularly a lot on. The first year was Mike and Connie Parsons. They also have an Island Packet and they kept pushing you're definitely going to want an Island Packet and ultimately they were not wrong.

Capn Tinsley: 40:00

And then he introduced me to Hayden and that the whole community basically, and so island packet community itself is huge and also very helpful yeah, and that a lot has to do with him, because he's really he's super organized and, uh, all the information is there for us if we want to do anything on any of our boats. So it's really nice. Thank you, hayden. Yeah, seriously, I would love to buddy boat with you sometime in the Keys or wherever.

Juliet SV Spica: 40:39

I think that would be a lot of fun. You're welcome anytime to do any of that. I would love to plan something with you for sure. Anytime, do anything. You can go to the Bahamas any of that, and I would love to plan something with you for sure.

Juliet SV Spica: 40:50

anytime, do anything you know like you can go to the bahamas, like you were saying, or just whatever that is, and like buddy boat, I'm about it. I've done it with a couple other vessels before and so anytime I would be grateful for that opportunity that is awesome, because you can't have too many friends right?

Capn Tinsley: 41:05

and um, hayden, are you going to be in the Bahamas in November or December? Let's see if he answers. He keeps his boat in, like St Martin or Antigua or any of those. They've been keeping it down there in the summertime and they come home and then I think they go back in either November or December. So, hayden, are you going to be in Exumas anytime soon, anytime this year, next year, but anyway. So I'll be keeping up with you and I do want to do this again before you take off on your trip.

Juliet SV Spica: 41:48

Okay, Definitely You're going to do that.

Capn Tinsley: 41:51

Oh, he's going to do Caribbean the next few years, so you're definitely going to do that first, right Before you make any Bahamas or any, any keys or anything.

Juliet SV Spica: 41:59

Is that right? I would probably do another round over to the Bahamas before I did that one, just to kind of get loosened up a little bit, and then shortly afterwards make that departure like I would probably do that and get some of that. Florida, caribbean or like island sun before I went somewhere cold or yeah, yeah maybe we can maybe we can uh meet in key biscayne or something.

Capn Tinsley: 42:30

Hayden has taught me a lot about Key Biscayne. Thank you, I'm sorry about all the difficulties with the technology. Sometimes it just does that. It gets overwhelmed, I guess. Thank you so much and I will talk to you again soon.

Juliet SV Spica: 42:46

I appreciate you. Thank you for the opportunity.

Capn Tinsley: 42:49

Thanks for coming on, Salty Abandon out much and I will talk to you again soon. I appreciate you. Thank you for the opportunity. Thanks for coming on, Salty Abandon out.