AnaMay 18, 2022Sailing from Gibraltar to Lisbon, Portugal - Aka Orcas Lane!Moment of panic, were they Orcas or just dolphins? Two more sightings with the binoculars confirmed they were Orcas coming in our direction
AnaMay 12, 2022Sailing West along the coastline of Southern Europe - France to GibraltarEyes glued on the water, Ella going crazy and there it was a huge whale surfacing 50-100 meters to our starboard!
AnaApr 23, 2022Crossing the Bonifacio Strait and making way to mainland FranceWe took a sneaky short cut exiting the Ajaccio gulf by passing in between the Iles Sanguinaires (the Bloodthirsty islands, interesting name)
AnaApr 16, 2022Crossing the TyrrhenianThe boom jumped further to port side with a slam and stayed in that position. The German Mainsheet system looked weird but it was not broken
AnaApr 15, 2022Crossing the Messina StraitAt this point we experienced 3 knots of current against us. Running the engine at 2000RPMs we were only doing slightly above 3knots of speed
AnaApr 8, 2022Crossing the IonianThink it’s safe to say that at this point we both felt this was more than we had bargain for, the winds were way stronger than forecasted
AnaApr 2, 2022Crossing the AegeanI woke up due to the rolling swell and feeling really cold. John was furling the Jib, the winds had just picked up that extra notch
Sailing The DreamSep 16, 20212020 Fuel, engine hours & nautical miles summarySo what do we have to say about our favourite taboo subject, that no one really wants to discuss, in the year of 2020? Seems like...
Sailing The DreamMar 29, 20212020 BudgetThe time spent in lockdowns and repairs under insurance in cheap or affordable countries allowed us to keep the budget controlled.
