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    Sailing West along the coastline of Southern Europe - France to Gibraltar
    Sailing The Dream
    • May 11

    Sailing West along the coastline of Southern Europe - France to Gibraltar

    Eyes glued on the water, Ella going crazy and there it was a huge whale surfacing 50-100 meters to our starboard!
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    Crossing the Bonifacio Strait and making way to mainland France
    Sailing The Dream
    • Apr 22

    Crossing the Bonifacio Strait and making way to mainland France

    We took a sneaky short cut exiting the Ajaccio gulf by passing in between the Iles Sanguinaires (the Bloodthirsty islands, interesting name)
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    Crossing the Tyrrhenian
    Sailing The Dream
    • Apr 16

    Crossing the Tyrrhenian

    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
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    Crossing the Messina Strait
    Sailing The Dream
    • Apr 14

    Crossing the Messina Strait

    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
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    Crossing the Ionian
    Sailing The Dream
    • Apr 7

    Crossing the Ionian

    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
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    Crossing the Aegean
    Sailing The Dream
    • Apr 2

    Crossing the Aegean

    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
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    Building a hardtop - stainless steel works and installation of equipment (part 5)
    Sailing The Dream
    • Mar 27

    Building a hardtop - stainless steel works and installation of equipment (part 5)

    They were quite surprised that John and I could lift it reasonably easily just the two of us
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    Building a hardtop - joining the pieces and painting (part 4)
    Ana
    • Feb 25

    Building a hardtop - joining the pieces and painting (part 4)

    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
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    Building a hardtop - fairing (part 3)
    Ana
    • Feb 19

    Building a hardtop - fairing (part 3)

    Once all the fibreglassing for both pieces was completed it was time to start working on preparing for fairing and primer painting.
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    Building a hardtop - the construction (part 2)
    Ana
    • Feb 12

    Building a hardtop - the construction (part 2)

    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
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    Building a hardtop - the idea, concept and material choices (part 1)
    Ana
    • Feb 4

    Building a hardtop - the idea, concept and material choices (part 1)

    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
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    2020 Fuel, engine hours & nautical miles summary
    Ana
    • Sep 16, 2021

    2020 Fuel, engine hours & nautical miles summary

    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...
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    2020 Budget
    Ana
    • Mar 29, 2021

    2020 Budget

    The time spent in lockdowns and repairs under insurance in cheap or affordable countries allowed us to keep the budget controlled.
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    Italy - Costituto in arrival per il naviglio da diporto (ships arrival declaration/transit log)
    Sailing The Dream
    • Feb 4, 2021

    Italy - Costituto in arrival per il naviglio da diporto (ships arrival declaration/transit log)

    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
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    The costs of ownership - maintenance (version 2020)
    Ana
    • Dec 9, 2020

    The costs of ownership - maintenance (version 2020)

    On the follow up of the 2019 overall maintenance costs for The Dream, we have further updated our schedules with additional "jobs"
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    Greece, Itea - checking in
    Sailing The Dream
    • Nov 18, 2020

    Greece, Itea - checking in

    This had been the easiest check-in in Greece so far and we had finally managed to get on the Transit Log!
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    Sailing through two Engineering marvels in Greece
    Sailing The Dream
    • Nov 13, 2020

    Sailing through two Engineering marvels in Greece

    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...
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    2020-10-23>25 Syracuse, Sicily, Italy > Zakynthos, Greece
    Sailing The Dream
    • Nov 4, 2020

    2020-10-23>25 Syracuse, Sicily, Italy > Zakynthos, Greece

    Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Siracusa, Sicily, Italy to Zakynthos, Greece 276.4 nautical miles in 50 hours
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    2020-10-18 Valletta, Malta > Portopalo, Sicily, Italy
    Sailing The Dream
    • Oct 19, 2020

    2020-10-18 Valletta, Malta > Portopalo, Sicily, Italy

    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)
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    Malta, Valletta - checking in and out
    Sailing The Dream
    • Sep 30, 2020

    Malta, Valletta - checking in and out

    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
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