S/V La Belle Vie

S/V La Belle Vie

2020 Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 · 26 ft / 7.88 m beam · Caribbean & Bahamas Master Plan 2027–2029

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31 Dec 2026

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Apr–May 2027

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S/V La Belle Vie at anchor

Our boat

S/V La Belle Vie

2020 Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 · 47 ft LOA · 7.88 m / 26 ft beam · 4 ft draft · home for the next two years

🛏️ 3 guest cabins — 2 queens + a full 🌊 4 ft draft — shoal-water capable 📐 26 ft beam — 60T+ lift required 🗺️ 17 countries planned

Master Cruising Timeline

Twenty-one months, seventeen countries, and one very good boat. From the first night at anchor off St. Thomas to Christmas in the Grenadines two years later — here is where we will be, what we will be doing, and when there is a spare cabin.

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Countries Visited

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🏝️ Winter — the whole island chain

November through May we range wide: the Grenadines, the Virgin Islands, the Leewards and — in 2028 — all the way up to the Bahamas. Short hops, warm water, and an anchorage worth swimming in most nights. This is when we would love company, and most of the open berths are here.

🌴 Summer — deep south, and slower

July through October we head south and stay a while: Grenada and Carriacou in 2027, Bonaire and Curaçao in 2028. Rainforest waterfalls, rum distilleries, flamingos, and the best shore diving on earth — plus the stretch each summer where she comes out of the water for her refit.

🤝 Coming to join us

Three guest cabins — two queens and a smaller full — so four of you travel in comfort and six fits for a shorter hop. Roughly a dozen open windows across the two years, and ten days is about the right length. Have a look at the , pick a window that suits you, and send us a note.

Island Sights & Anchorages

Every stop on the two-year route, with how long we plan to linger and what is worth seeing while we are there. Every place name is a link — click any of them to go and see what it actually looks like.

🛠️ Marine Yards & Haul-Out Directory

Twice a year she comes out of the water. These are the four yards on our route with a travelift wide enough to pick up a 26-foot beam — where she gets her bottom painted, her rig checked and her paint touched up, and what there is to do while we wait. Every yard name below links out to photos of the place.

🔧 Rolling Maintenance Matrix

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🤝 Join Us Aboard

Pick a window, check it's open, and send a request. La Belle Vie has three guest cabins: two with queen berths and their own heads, plus a smaller cabin with a full berth — fine for two slim sleepers or one very comfortable one. Four guests travel beautifully; six works for a shorter hop. Green windows are open, amber means she is ashore for her refit and there is no bed aboard, and blue means we are on passage and after an extra pair of hands rather than guests.

Open — come and join us She is ashore — not hosting On passage — crew wanted Unscheduled

Guest cabin 1

Queen

Full-size queen berth with its own head and shower. Sleeps two comfortably.

Guest cabin 2

Queen

The mirror of cabin 1 in the opposite hull — queen berth, own head and shower.

Guest cabin 3

Full berth

Smaller, and honest about it — two slim sleepers, or one person with room to spread out. Good for a solo guest or a child.

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