We got to see and spend real time in some of the most beautiful places around the Western Mediterranean and I’m sure we have only just scrat

If someone tells me again: "oh, you really should learn how to manoeuvre your boat without Bowthruster...", there’s a good chance

Checking in and out of Lisbon is in principle very easy, the marinas can arrange/assist for Customs Immigration to come to the office for th

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Vilamoura, Portugal to Gibraltar 151 nautical miles in 24 hours

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cascais to Vilamoura. 151 nautical miles in 24 hours

After spending the months of European winter enjoying summer in Australia we are finally back at The Dream with a reasonable amount of tasks

We left Madeira mid-afternoon on the “tail” of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet. They had passed on the same route we were planning to do earlier

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Madeira, Cascais, Portugal 608 nautical miles in 105 hours

The moment you realise life can get extremely difficult and that we may go through problems when reentering Europe with Ella and hope for th

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

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

Seriously considering that the seas near Vilamoura are jinxed! Last March when we did our Shakedown Sail to Gibraltar in not so perfect conditions we ran out of fuel on one of the tanks near Vilamoura and when attempting to switch tank we learned we had fuel issues, which led us to find out we had a dead battery bank. But no worries, after all, this is a sailing boat and despite the lack of wind we managed to get to the Vilamoura Marina after quite a few hours trying to overc

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Vilamoura, Portugal to Cadiz, Spain. 18 hours trip

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Oeiras to Vilamoura, Portugal 361 nautical miles in 28 hours