Exploring beautiful Barbuda and stumbling upon some curious major development. + wingfoil progress.

We found paradise in Barbuda with incredible beaches and perfect emerald water. Then we noticed all the bulldozers and helicopters -- and a really interesting (and a bit sad) backstory.

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We're Tif and Frank. In a significant act of vanity, we're making YouTube video of our sailing exploits. In 2021, we sailed our Balance 526 Catamaran from Cape Saint Francis, South Africa to the island of Grenada in the Caribbean on a 30 day passage. Since then, we've been sailing up the islands exploring beautiful anchorages and meeting great people. Over the next few years, we'll be sailing through the Bahamas, San Blas, Panama, and across the Pacific. With any luck, eventually we'll sail around the world.

We're from Santa Cruz, California and grew up in and around the water. This is our third catamaran (we also had a Seawind 1000 and Catana 431) and eight boat (fishing boats, monohulls... boats tend to take over sometime!). We love fishing, stand-up paddle boarding, surfing and Tif has a yoga and workout addiction. It has been fun to learn to wingfoil, perfect our snorkeling skills, and watch others kitesurf (maybe someday we'll give it a try).

Timestamps if you'd like to jump around:
01:25 Antigua to Barbuda
02:00 Anchoring in Princess Diana Beach
02:30 Barbuda land grab?
05:20 Are we the problem?
05:58 Time to Kite
06:48 Can you eat too much lobster?
07:06 Tif goes for a swim
07:22 Wingfoil time
09:00 Beach BBQ
09:32 Kitesurfing jam session
10:02 Time to move on

Some background reading on the land conflicts in Barbuda:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releas...
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/09/b...
https://web.archive.org/web/201108192...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/23/r...
https://web.archive.org/web/201712010...
https://www.commonwealthroundtable.co...
https://barbudaoceanclub.com/

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