Life Aboard

Sep 20

Another long haul across the Eastern Mediterranean

With visas expiring dates approaching, the Covid19 restrictions and including the fact that the Greek borders were closed to all vessels ...

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2020-06-28>2020-07-05 Hammamet, Tunisia > Marmaris, Turkey

Ana

Jul 18

2020-06-28>2020-07-05 Hammamet, Tunisia > Marmaris, Turkey

Time zone UTC + 0.00 Local time (Tunisia) +1.00 Local time (Turkey) +3.00 06.00 - Arrival at fuel dock and customs Took us roughly 1h to ...

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Ana

May 15

A Quarantine diary - week 9

Day 57 (2020-05-08) Rest day. The goal was to do absolutely nothing and we achieved it Day 58 (2020-05-09) Yeah, rest day, too good to...

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Ana

May 12

A Quarantine diary - week 6 > week 8

Day 36 (2020-04-17) > Day 56 (2020-05-07) After having spent two days working a template for a helm cover it was now time to start worki...

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Ana

Apr 18

A Quarantine diary - week 5

Day 29 (2020-04-10) Continuing developing my new love relationship with our neighbours Sailrite machine. Today we tackled the repairs and...

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Ana

Apr 9

A Quarantine diary - week 4

Day 22 (2020-04-03) Supermarket/veggie stand/internet shop day. This is the one time I leave the boat once a week to replenish what I can...

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Ana

Apr 3

A Quarantine diary - week 3

Day 15 (2020-03-27) Today we tackled the winch for the furler, this one was also impossible to service fully. Of course, repositioning th...

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Ana

Mar 27

A Quarantine diary - week 2

Day 8 (2020-03-20) Went shopping with our french neighbour to avoid getting taxis. We were all positive after passing the nearest superma...

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Ana

Mar 21

A Quarantine diary - week 1

I’ve decided to write this little diary of our experience of self-isolation aboard The Dream while docked in Hammamet, Tunisia. Day 1 (20...

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Ana and John

Mar 1

Batteries failure - what went wrong!

Before moving onto The Dream back in 2017 we had spent a lot of time doing research and arriving at our decision with regards to the new ...

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The costs of ownership - maintenance (version 2019)

Ana and John

Jan 26

The costs of ownership - maintenance (version 2019)

Since we decided to change our lifestyle and moved aboard The Dream we have been coming across with "guidance numbers and percentages" wh...

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Ana

Jan 15

The Dream smashed!

My marina nightmare just became true and to make matters worse I was all alone on the yacht, John was on his way to Australia getting ready

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Ana and John

Jan 10

2019 Budget

On our third year sailing and second year in the Mediterranean Sea, we kept the 2017 and 2018 target of a 2000€ monthly budget for the three

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2019 Fuel, engine hours & nautical miles summary

Ana

Dec 26, 2019

2019 Fuel, engine hours & nautical miles summary

One year later the fuel consumption is still a taboo subject, no one really wants to discuss it.

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Ana and John

Dec 16, 2019

2019 Winter projects list

Some projects from last years jobs list weren't completed and there's also the new projects that another year living aboard demand a

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Wrap up of Season 3 - Eastern Mediterranean Sea

John

Dec 9, 2019

Wrap up of Season 3 - Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Well, we can say we had a season full of adventure from big storms at anchor to big fish at the back of the boat. I can say that the 2019 se

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Last crossing of season 2019 - an eventful passage!

Ana

Dec 2, 2019

Last crossing of season 2019 - an eventful passage!

Now that it has been a bit over a month since the passages that brought us to another winter in Tunisia it’s time to think about the events

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2019-10-19>21 Siracusa, Sicily, Italy > Hammamet, Tunisia

Ana

Nov 17, 2019

2019-10-19>21 Siracusa, Sicily, Italy > Hammamet, Tunisia

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Siracusa, Sicily, Italy to Hammamet, Tunisia 258.3 nautical miles in 43 hours

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2019-10-18&19 Rocella Ionica, Italy > Siracusa, Sicily, Italy

Ana

Nov 10, 2019

2019-10-18&19 Rocella Ionica, Italy > Siracusa, Sicily, Italy

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Rocella Ionica, Italy to Siracusa, Sicily, Italy 96.6 nautical miles in 16 hours

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2019-10-14>16 Preveza, Greece > Rocella Ionica, Italy

Ana

Nov 8, 2019

2019-10-14>16 Preveza, Greece > Rocella Ionica, Italy

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Preveza, Greece to Rocella Ionica, Italy 266.8 nautical miles in 46 hours

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