Original songs for the BEC — written and recorded country by country as Shamrocket makes her way south from Pensacola. Some stops may earn more than one song. This page grows with the expedition.
The flotilla invitation. Bring your own boat, raise your voice, and find the world the Nevado Raiders way — diving, exploring, anchor parties, and every decision made together.
Tap any stop to open its songs — 24 stops on the BEC
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The opening song of the Blue Rim 5™ expedition — the first invitation aboard Shamrocket as she leaves Pensacola behind.
The theme for the 4-Tides Cantina — the onboard bar for every mile of the expedition, where the anchor goes down, the drinks go up, and the day gets properly closed out.
The official theme song of the Blue Rim 5™ expedition. Written in the White Mountains of Arizona on a Sunday morning. Copyrighted. Arizona-born. Bound for the sea.
The ticket for the whole voyage — Blue Rim 5™, departing West Florida November 1, 2026. Destination: a life without boundaries.
An instrumental interlude — son jarocho coastal celebration style, guitar and upright bass, drifting to a quiet, unforced close as the day's weight releases.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
An island-hopping night out through the Bahamas — Nassau to Bimini, the Exumas to Harbour Island — chasing the best nightspots the chain has to offer.
One island, one people, one rhythm — Junkanoo, Rake-and-Scrape, Goombay, and Quadrille woven into a single anthem for Bahamian culture.
Feet hanging off a dock at night, a Bahamian schoolteacher naming the stars — Turéy, the old Lucayan word for sky.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Named for the islands' own rake-and-scrape sound — North Caicos to Salt Cay, Grand Turk to Provo, trade winds setting the pace for a sailor learning what the tide already knows.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Written after a year living on the island in Santo Domingo — an experience that will never be forgotten. This is the welcome song for the country that gave him that year.
A merengue built entirely around the tease — the sound of a barrio finding out exactly how close the dancing really got.
A colmado-side anthem for the cold Presidente in hand and the crowd that gathers around it — flag flying, drums going, the island calling for one more round.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
A quick stop for dinner turns into a night that refuses to end — pinchos, piña coladas at Barrachina, dancing on Calle Fortaleza, and La Factoría pulling him deeper until dawn and the coquí talk him right back onto the dock.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Same flag, different water — the climb up Charlotte Amalie's famous stone staircase, where American soil and island rhythm meet. Built around traditional Virgin Islands quelbe scratch-band instrumentation, including banjo, a real thread in Crucian musical tradition rather than an incidental choice.
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Solo voice and acoustic guitar for the Soggy Dollar Bar, Jost Van Dyke — where every mariner in the harbor swims ashore to trade stories, raise a cup, and become one crew.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Burn — the sound of Las Diables coming down the street, chains and all.
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Description coming once the song is written — a couple of sentences on what it's about.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
The BEC terminus — Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo. Months of open water end in a single line, shouted at last from the deck.
More songs can be added here as they're written for this stop
Songs written for the expedition as a whole — not anchored to any single country on the route.
The official theme song of the Blue Rim 5™ expedition. Written in the White Mountains of Arizona on a Sunday morning. Copyrighted. Arizona-born. Bound for the sea.
A reminder that every human being is part of the animal kingdom — and that recognizing that shared footing is the starting point for treating each other with real equality.
Written for Norway's 2026 World Cup run: black rum, dice on the barrel, a Norseman who answers to no chain, and a Rio night that turned a football story into a love story.
You can't imagine life underwater until you go there yourself — and once you do, it changes you. Below is about that transformation, the moment the surface disappears and a different world opens up.
Hawaiian folk. 68 BPM. Baritone ukulele. Written somewhere between the desert and the deep blue — for Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, whose voice still fills the ocean.
The reef comes alive around a snorkeler as the animals themselves start to speak — turning a quiet swim into a conversation with everything living beneath the surface.
A rock song that follows Shamrocket from the moment she leaves the dock to the first seconds of sailing wide open — and just how wonderful that feeling is.
The theme for the 4-Tides Cantina — the onboard bar for every mile of the expedition, where the anchor goes down, the drinks go up, and the day gets properly closed out.
The Rim Runner™ anthem — stadium island-rock, sunset-protocol energy, made for the moment the anchor goes down.
Sun. Salt. Good vibes. Leave the drama ashore. The official Better Beachy Than Bitchy® anthem — good people, cold drinks, live music, high tides, zero drama.
More expedition-wide songs can be added here as they're written
