Blog | Sailing The Dream

Sep 18, 2018

Wrap up of Season 1 - Western Mediterranean Sea

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

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To bowthrust or not to bowthrust, that is the question

Ana

Apr 10, 2018

To bowthrust or not to bowthrust, that is the question

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

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Ana

Apr 5, 2018

Portugal, Lisbon - checking in and out

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

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2018-03-26 Vilamoura, Portugal > Gibraltar

Ana

Mar 27, 2018

2018-03-26 Vilamoura, Portugal > Gibraltar

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

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Ana

Mar 25, 2018

2018-03-22>23 Cascais > Vilamoura

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

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Ana

Mar 24, 2018

It’s about time

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

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105 hours of sailing upwind - Madeira to Cascais

Ana

Nov 7, 2017

105 hours of sailing upwind - Madeira to Cascais

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

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2017-10-26>30 Madeira, Portugal > Cascais Portugal

Ana

Nov 3, 2017

2017-10-26>30 Madeira, Portugal > Cascais Portugal

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

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Ana

Nov 1, 2017

Re-entering Schengen through Madeira

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

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Ana

Oct 20, 2017

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

Ana

Oct 10, 2017

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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Ana

Aug 29, 2017

Vilamoura - seriously it's jinxed!

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

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2017-08-11 Vilamoura, Portugal > Cadiz, Spain

Ana

Aug 14, 2017

2017-08-11 Vilamoura, Portugal > Cadiz, Spain

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

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2017-08-08>09 Oeiras > Vilamoura, Portugal

Ana

Aug 11, 2017

2017-08-08>09 Oeiras > Vilamoura, Portugal

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

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