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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...

Ana
Aug 29, 2017


Levante -Â rain, lightning and thunders...
The noises of nature are not so subtle as one may expect but intense. The wind howls and you can even hear it before you feel it or see its

Ana
Aug 28, 2017


Gibraltar
Gibraltar, that popular destination where Europe almost touches Africa, the entry point to the Mediterranean Sea, place of wonderful history

Ana
Aug 26, 2017


Sailing with a dog - first experiences
Although we knew that sailing with a 2 years old dog (that has never sailed before) was going to involve some hard work and time for us to a

Ana
Aug 23, 2017


Arriving Gibraltar with a dog
When we first thought about coming to Gibraltar with Ella we were a bit worried, after all this is British territory and the United Kingdom

Sailing The Dream
Aug 23, 2017
Gibraltar - checking in and out
Checking in and out of Gibraltar is probably one of the easiest procedures we’ve come across so far.
The process is all done online on the H

Sailing The Dream
Aug 21, 2017


How we replaced our seized rudder bearing assembly (part 1)
2 months have flown by and at the same time it feels days dragged by. (...)
It was day after day of 10-11 hours working in all sorts of diff

Sailing The Dream
Aug 20, 2017


2017-08-15 Cadiz, Spain > Gibraltar
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cadiz, Spain to Gibraltar
11 hours trip

Sailing The Dream
Aug 20, 2017


Replacing the batteries and running 220/240v full time
All it took was one touch on the electric winch after we had issues with the fuel tanks that stopped us from using the engine and the whole

Sailing The Dream
Aug 18, 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

Sailing The Dream
Aug 15, 2017


Here we go again!
Mummy woke me up again at 3 am and took me to peepee, got me in my life jacket and together with Daddy started doing those things with the b

Ella, The Puppy
Aug 13, 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

Sailing The Dream
Aug 12, 2017


Finally Ella goes sailing
But today it was different, we left that place on the boat, and seriously I kid you not, it was really dark and scary. I was really nervous,

Ella, The Puppy
Aug 10, 2017
That Moment
That moment when you hit the "wall" out of frustration and stress from dealing with uncooperative nautical suppliers that don'

Ana
Aug 2, 2017


The fear of the unknown
When we broke the news of our plans to sail around the world the first comments we usually got were and still are: Aren't you afraid? Wh

Ana
Jul 22, 2017


Working hard while on the hard
Ahhh boat works in Paradise... (not exotic but still paradise).
The list wasn't long but still had a few critical items, there was the

Ana
Jul 1, 2017


Leaving Macau with a dog
If finding information regarding the steps for bringing a pet to Macau wasn't easy, the equivalent to leave was also not sugar sweat. It

Sailing The Dream
Jun 21, 2017


How to get a Rabies Antibody Titre Exam (in Macau)
Getting this step of the list of requirements and procedures detailed in the post Leaving Macau with a dog to export Ella from Macau to Euro

Sailing The Dream
Jun 21, 2017


Ella goes on a plane ride
I don't understand why humans like to fly, it's terrible, seriously.
When I saw the grey big box disappear from uncle Carlos I thou

Ella, The Puppy
Jun 12, 2017


The feeling
It's a funny thing when you have something in your head and it turns out different to what you expected. I guess I wasn't sure what to...

John
Jun 9, 2017
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