So, here we are, in Nice. It’s been a while since our last post, apologies, but it has been completely manic! Sorry to worry you, we haven’t sunk yet! I just had a look at the last post, and it was pretty much around Alicante that we last had proper time to post and upload [...]
We attempted to go through the Gibraltar strait this morning! Did all the proper sailing rituals, like waking up in the middle of the night and all that, but it was not to be.
30 knots on the nose, pretty big waves, fog, just about everything. First the oil indicator collapsed, then, while investigating that [...]
We are in sunny Lisbon today, arrived last night! Taking a day off, as the sail has been a bit hard, we’ve covered a lot of miles over the last week. Portugal is very nice, apart from about a million different police forces, each insisting on checking your papers 3 times a day and at [...]
So here we are, in Camaret-sur-mer. And very glad I am too, I have to say It’s been an insane month!
First we had the regatta in Turkey , 2nd to 9th of May. Fantastic time, there were 10 boats, all eager to kick arse in the racing, and I have to say we did [...]
All of the arrangements at work have been completed, I am free to go. The Admiral has another few weeks to work, so we will have to leave the boat in France for a while, so that we can come back, do the last few days at work (my last day is the 16th of [...]