Ana
72 hours in 3 hours shifts
Wake up, pay attention to John’s description of latest events and weather conditions, keep an eye on passing boats on AIS and within eyesigh
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Sailing The Dream
Nov 4, 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
Ana
Nov 2, 2017
Man Over Board - no, this was not a drill
30 minutes have passed since the last VHF communication and I still feel the tears starting to flood my eyes, my stomach a small ball. This
Sailing The Dream
Nov 2, 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
Ana
Oct 21, 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
Ana
Oct 12, 2017
Sometimes
Sometimes when I'm doing something absolutely ordinary like getting a glass of water I think I'm going to all of sudden just wake up
Sailing The Dream
Oct 11, 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
Sailing The Dream
Oct 10, 2017
How we power our batteries - solar energy
Power, electrical power, is the all-time battle and headache of any long-term sailor, of course, we can plug to shore in the marina or run t
Sailing The Dream
Oct 8, 2017
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
Sailing The Dream
Oct 2, 2017
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
Sailing The Dream
Oct 1, 2017
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
Ella, The Puppy
Sep 30, 2017
I'm not afraid, ok I'm a little bit afraid
So, here's the thing I'm actually not afraid of going sailing. I mean, I am a little bit but at the same time, I'm not.
What I r
Ana
Sep 27, 2017
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
Sailing The Dream
Sep 23, 2017
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
Sailing The Dream
Sep 22, 2017
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
Ana
Sep 21, 2017
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
Sailing The Dream
Sep 18, 2017
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
Ana
Sep 17, 2017
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
Ana
Sep 16, 2017
Gibraltar Upper Rock
First, we partied with the locals on their special day, so now it was time to visit the most iconic attraction of Gibraltar, the little monk
Ana
Sep 11, 2017
It's Gibraltar National Day!
It's been 25 days since we arrived Gibraltar and that means it has been another 25 days of work on our upgrades, provisioning and sourci
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