Morocco

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Our first real offshore passage

Pretty much all the sailing we've been doing on The Dream qualifies as offshore passage but I think the difference between doing a 2-day

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2017-10-02>05 Rabat, Morocco > Madeira, Portugal

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Rabat, Morocco to Madeira, Portugal 488 nautical miles in 72 hours

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Bringing a dog to Morocco

Preparing to bring Ella to Morocco was strangely easy in the sense that it seems we already have all necessary but at the same nerve wrackin

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Bouregreg Marina - Rabat, Morocco

It's a very well weather protected marina. Its position upriver eliminates any influence of the swell and provides good protection from

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Fishing port - Tangier, Morocco

Mooring is done against the wall between the fishing port and the ferry port. In between other boats, 2 coast guard big cruisers rafted up t

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Morocco - heading south

After three days in Tangier, moored to a greasy wall in a fishy smell harbour with two other boats rafted up to us we felt it was time for u

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Tangier, Morocco - checking in and out

Arriving in Morocco using the Fishing port of Tangier as the first port of call was quite an experience, the smells, the sounds, etc. Checki

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2017-09-18 Tangier > Rabat, Morocco

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Tangier to Rabat, Morocco. 142 nautical miles in 26 hours

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Welcome to Tangier

Whenever we mentioned we were coming to Morocco, people would raise their eyebrows and say things like: it's a dangerous place, full of

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2017-09-15 Gibraltar > Tangier, Morocco

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Gibraltar to Tangier, Morocco. Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. 46 nautical miles in 7 ho

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Finally North Africa!

We're here, we made it and we were treated the entire voyage with great views, not that the views were new to our eyes but the colours i