Sailing The Dream
2018-04-27 Calpe > Ibiza, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Calpe to the Balearic Islands, Spain
68 nautical miles in 11 hours
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Sailing The Dream
- Apr 26, 2018
Spain, Cartagena - checking in and out
Checking in Cartagena was not exactly easy, it’s a port of entry but Customs seem to be only used to handling the big cruisers and cargo shi
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 25, 2018
Real Club Nautico Calpe
A simple marina without much interest, full of bird poo that they seemed to be cleaned. with a pressure hose a couple of days a week.
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 23, 2018
2018-04-19 Santa Pola > Calpe, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Santa Pola to Calpe, Spain
68 nautical miles in 11.30 hours
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 21, 2018
2018-04-19 Cartagena > Santa Pola, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cartagena to Santa Pola, Spain
66 nautical miles in 11.30 hours
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 16, 2018
Ella's Lifejacket
Just a couple of months after we taught her to swim she was already venturing into quite deep waters and we would have to call her in, that’
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 16, 2018
2018-04-12>13 Gibraltar > Cartagena, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Gibraltar to Cartagena, Spain.
227 nautical miles in 35 hours
Ana
- Apr 14, 2018
KNOCKED DOWN
And then all of a sudden the wind changed direction from a beam reach to downwind with gusts up to 48 knots and SLAM The Dream heels to 30 d
Ana
- Apr 10, 2018
To bowthrust or not to bowthrust, that is the question
If someone tells me again: "oh, you really should learn how to manoeuvre your boat without Bowthruster...", there’s a good chance
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 5, 2018
Portugal, Lisbon - checking in and out
Checking in and out of Lisbon is in principle very easy, the marinas can arrange/assist for Customs Immigration to come to the office for th
Sailing The Dream
- Mar 27, 2018
2018-03-26 Vilamoura, Portugal > Gibraltar
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Vilamoura, Portugal to Gibraltar
151 nautical miles in 24 hours
Sailing The Dream
- Mar 25, 2018
2018-03-22>23 Cascais > Vilamoura
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cascais to Vilamoura.
151 nautical miles in 24 hours
Ana
- Mar 24, 2018
It’s about time
After spending the months of European winter enjoying summer in Australia we are finally back at The Dream with a reasonable amount of tasks
Sailing The Dream
- Dec 14, 2017
How we steer just with wind
After having to completely rebuild our rudder bearing we decided we needed the R-word REDUNDANCY and thus we started our search for a backup
Ana
- Nov 7, 2017
105 hours of sailing upwind - Madeira to Cascais
We left Madeira mid-afternoon on the “tail” of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet.
They had passed on the same route we were planning to do earlier
Ana
- Nov 4, 2017
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
Sailing The Dream
- Nov 3, 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 1, 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 1, 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 20, 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
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