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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

Ana
Nov 5, 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

Sailing The Dream
Nov 4, 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

Ana
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

Sailing The Dream
Nov 2, 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 21, 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

Ana
Oct 12, 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 11, 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 10, 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 7, 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 2, 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

Sailing The Dream
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

Ella, The Puppy
Sep 30, 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

Ana
Sep 27, 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 23, 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

Sailing The Dream
Sep 22, 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

Ana
Sep 21, 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

Sailing The Dream
Sep 18, 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 17, 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 16, 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

Ana
Sep 11, 2017
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