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The Dream - LiFePo4
A total of 600Ah capacity would give us up to 480Ah of usable power (at 80% discharge) of usable capacity with a total weight of 60kg
Sailing The Dream
Nov 27, 2022


Galley mini-refit - Gimballed induction cooktop and convection oven
Since the beginning of our boat travels we did not like the idea of LPG on the boat.
Sailing The Dream
Nov 20, 2022


An upwind sail from Madeira to La Graciosa, Canaries
This was it we were going to sail upwind to the Canaries when most people sail downwid to get there!
Ana
Nov 13, 2022


Coppercoat antifoul treatment - preparation & application (part 2)
This stage of the preparation of the hull was not only backbreaking but also psychologically challenging.
Sailing The Dream
Nov 6, 2022


2022-10-25>27 Machico, Madeira, Portugal > Playa Francesca, La Graciosa, Canaries, Spain
Logbook extract for the sailing trip from Madeira, Portugal to La Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain 272 nautical miles in 46 hours
Sailing The Dream
Oct 29, 2022


Coppercoat antifoul treatment - considerations and costs (part 1)
A pure cost analysis not factoring inflation over a period of 10 years puts normal antifoul paint at 4500€ against the 4200€ of Coppercoat
Sailing The Dream
Oct 24, 2022


Building a hardtop - costs, other numbers and conclusions (part 6)
To our surprise the weight difference between the old set-up with the original Bimini and the new hardtop was negligible.
Sailing The Dream
Oct 12, 2022


Half-day sail from Porto Santo island to Madeira Island
We start getting closer to Madeira, the winds start pressing blowing close to 20 knots true wind, and we pick up a bit more speed 7/8 knots
Ana
Oct 12, 2022


2022-09-17>20 Cascais, Portugal > Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cascais, Portugal to Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal 486 nautical miles in 79 hours
Sailing The Dream
Sep 25, 2022


A fast run from Cascais to the Madeira Archipelago
The PredictWind routing weather forecast did tell us the previous days that we should have tracked north to try and keep with the winds
Ana
Sep 21, 2022

Sailing from Gibraltar to Lisbon, Portugal - Aka Orcas Lane!
Moment of panic, were they Orcas or just dolphins? Two more sightings with the binoculars confirmed they were Orcas coming in our direction
Ana
May 18, 2022

Sailing West along the coastline of Southern Europe - France to Gibraltar
Eyes glued on the water, Ella going crazy and there it was a huge whale surfacing 50-100 meters to our starboard!
Ana
May 12, 2022


Crossing the Bonifacio Strait and making way to mainland France
We took a sneaky short cut exiting the Ajaccio gulf by passing in between the Iles Sanguinaires (the Bloodthirsty islands, interesting name)
Ana
Apr 23, 2022


Crossing the Tyrrhenian
The boom jumped further to port side with a slam and stayed in that position. The German Mainsheet system looked weird but it was not broken
Ana
Apr 16, 2022


Crossing the Messina Strait
At this point we experienced 3 knots of current against us. Running the engine at 2000RPMs we were only doing slightly above 3knots of speed
Ana
Apr 15, 2022

Crossing the Ionian
Think it’s safe to say that at this point we both felt this was more than we had bargain for, the winds were way stronger than forecasted
Ana
Apr 7, 2022


Crossing the Aegean
I woke up due to the rolling swell and feeling really cold. John was furling the Jib, the winds had just picked up that extra notch
Ana
Apr 2, 2022


Building a hardtop - stainless steel works and installation of equipment (part 5)
They were quite surprised that John and I could lift it reasonably easily just the two of us
Sailing The Dream
Mar 27, 2022


Building a hardtop - joining the pieces and painting (part 4)
With a plan in mind, we prepared a set of lines and straps, arranged in a way that allowed us to flip the 3.8x3.8m hardtop
Sailing The Dream
Feb 26, 2022


Building a hardtop - fairing (part 3)
Once all the fibreglassing for both pieces was completed it was time to start working on preparing for fairing and primer painting.
Sailing The Dream
Feb 19, 2022
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