Eyes glued on the water, Ella going crazy and there it was a huge whale surfacing 50-100 meters to our starboard!

We took a sneaky short cut exiting the Ajaccio gulf by passing in between the Iles Sanguinaires (the Bloodthirsty islands, interesting name)

The 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

At this point we experienced 3 knots of current against us. Running the engine at 2000RPMs we were only doing slightly above 3knots of speed

Think 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

I 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

They were quite surprised that John and I could lift it reasonably easily just the two of us

With a plan in mind, we prepared a set of lines and straps, arranged in a way that allowed us to flip the 3.8x3.8m hardtop

Once all the fibreglassing for both pieces was completed it was time to start working on preparing for fairing and primer painting.

With the decision of building the Bimini on the foredeck, we wasted no time while still waiting for a few work supplies we built a mockup

After living on board for four years, we became more and more convinced that a rigid Bimini was one of the items that would improve our life

So 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...

The time spent in lockdowns and repairs under insurance in cheap or affordable countries allowed us to keep the budget controlled.

Not much can be found online regarding the real need of having this document while sailing in Italian waters or the details on how to get it

On the follow up of the 2019 overall maintenance costs for The Dream, we have further updated our schedules with additional "jobs"

This had been the easiest check-in in Greece so far and we had finally managed to get on the Transit Log!

As we were still passing over the submerged bridge the warning siren for the raise of the bridge sounded and we could already hear the...

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Siracusa, Sicily, Italy to Zakynthos, Greece 276.4 nautical miles in 50 hours

After trying to sail under full sails we heard a loud grinding noise that seemed to come from under the emergency tiller cap (rudder top)

I will stamp you both on the crew list (not on the passport - so the time spent in Malta doesn't count for the Schengen time) but be sure to