The Adventure Finally Begins!

Setting Sail (Finally): The Ohana Saga

Back in 2019, I bought Ohana down in Stuart, Florida—the very last Antares 44i before they switched to a new design with a longer cockpit enclosure. Fancy? Sure. Practical? Well… not if you actually like seeing your sails while sailing.

Fast forward four years (yes, you read that right). Turns out, buying a boat and actually sailing it are two very different things. In that time, I:
✔️ Learned how to sail her (without too much swearing)
✔️ Earned my 50T USCG Captain’s License (because why not go all in?)
✔️ Customized her for my scuba “addiction” by adding a dive compressor to fill tanks
✔️ Learned how to service and repair all her systems (because boat maintenance bills are terrifying…and after all, I am a Biomedical Engineer, trained to fix eletro-mechanical-fluidic devices)
✔️ Wrestled my MOG Antibody Disease into submission so I can actually enjoy all of the above

And now… it’s finally time to set sail!

For my first official single-handed adventure, I’m heading from Annapolis down to Oriental, NC, via the ICW. Plan is to visit a marina familiar w/ the Antares boats. Just me, Ohana, and whatever surprises the sea has in store. What could possibly go wrong?

Stay tuned. 😎