Beautiful footage of Long Summer…
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We hadn’t planned on leaving Cartagena so soon, but a few days ago we did just that…
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After our release from Morocco, we hopped along the coast of southern Spain, bypassing Gibraltar and finally sailing into the Med…
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We have left Morocco!
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One of the big projects that has been sitting on our to-do list was to change out the main halyard. This is the rope that is used to raise and lower the main sail…
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Paddling into the weekend!
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Today we marked the top dead centre of our helm with a simple fish-scale braid. Pretty happy with the result!
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As any boat owner will tell you, the to-do lists are long and the maintenance jobs never-ending. While we wait out Covid-19 here in Morocco, it seems like an ideal time to get on top of a few tasks. Yet our hands are tied…
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THIS is where we live!
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Clare & Jake are joining us aboard for the next 6 weeks... As a welcome gift we sent them both straight up the mast today!
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Cleaning the boat. And yes, it’s winter here!
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We spent most of the first two weeks of November making our way along the coast from Lagos, Portugal to Cádiz, Spain. The end of our first season of sailing was nigh, and we were keen to continue making headway south as the weather closed in…
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Can you see that little boat in the distance? That's us. We were rounding the cape at Cabo São Vicente. The jagged cliffs here rise 60 metres up from the ferocious seas, and were shrouded in fog when we passed…
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We had not planned to sail along the west coast of Europe on the Atlantic Ocean this close to winter. Originally we were going to hop along the coastline doing day sails in warmer weather…
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We’ve been getting ready for our next journey today… Cleaning, cooking and prepping the boat. In the morning we’ll leave Spain and head down the coast of Portugal. It should take us about 3-4 days to get down to Lisbon - the longest passage we’ve done. Adios Gijón!
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Hanging out in Gijón for the week while we wait for our next weather window… Hopefully heading to Porto (or Lisbon?) on Monday!
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As the sky grew brighter and the sun rose in the sky, we eased ourselves into the day, still sickly on the rocky seas. But by mid-morning we had entered Spanish waters, which lifted the spirits! The sun was shining bright and the seas were increasingly calmer…
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This crossing had been hanging over us for weeks, so leaving La Rochelle we were feeling both nervous and excited. But there was little fanfare as we cast off the dock lines and motored out of the marina…
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This is it! Today we got the go-ahead to leave La Rochelle! Tomorrow we will sail out into the Bay of Biscay…
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Hmmm… Looks like our weather window has now shifted to Thursday. The wait continues! Could be heading for some kind of record here.
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