Seriously considering that the seas near Vilamoura are jinxed! Last March when we did our Shakedown Sail to Gibraltar in not so perfect...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cadiz, Spain to Gibraltar 11 hours trip

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

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

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

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

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,

That moment when you hit the "wall" out of frustration and stress from dealing with uncooperative nautical suppliers that don'

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

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

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

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

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

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...