Moment of panic, were they Orcas or just dolphins? Two more sightings with the binoculars confirmed they were Orcas coming in our direction

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

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

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

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

We arrived quite late in the night and after a quick realisation that we couldn’t identify the customs dock in the middle of all the lights

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Hammamet, Tunisia to Marmaris, Turkey 887 nautical miles in 183h25 hours

After having stayed in Hammamet many months more than we had planned for due to the collision we suffered while in the Marina back in...

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