Ana
Sailing from Gibraltar to Lisbon, Portugal - Aka Orcas Lane!
Moment of panic, were they Orcas or just dolphins? Two more sightings with the binoculars confirmed they were Orcas coming in our direction
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Ana
May 12, 2022
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!
Ana
Apr 23, 2022
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)
Ana
Apr 16, 2022
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
Ana
Apr 15, 2022
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
Ana
Apr 8, 2022
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
Ana
Apr 2, 2022
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
Sailing The Dream
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...
Sailing The Dream
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.
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
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!
Ana
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...
Sailing The Dream
Nov 5, 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
Sailing The Dream
Oct 20, 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)
Sailing The Dream
Oct 1, 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
Ana
Sep 21, 2020
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...
Sailing The Dream
Sep 18, 2020
Turkey, Marmaris - checking in and out
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
Sailing The Dream
Jul 18, 2020
2020-06-28>2020-07-05 Hammamet, Tunisia > Marmaris, Turkey
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Hammamet, Tunisia to Marmaris, Turkey 887 nautical miles in 183h25 hours
Ana
Jul 16, 2020
A Mad-Dash accross the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia - Turkey non-stop
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...
Ana
Jan 15, 2020
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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