Eyes glued on the water, Ella going crazy and there it was a huge whale surfacing 50-100 meters to our starboard!

We took a sneaky short cut exiting the Ajaccio gulf by passing in between the Iles Sanguinaires (the Bloodthirsty islands, interesting name)

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

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

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

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

They were quite surprised that John and I could lift it reasonably easily just the two of us

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

Once all the fibreglassing for both pieces was completed it was time to start working on preparing for fairing and primer painting.

With the decision of building the Bimini on the foredeck, we wasted no time while still waiting for a few work supplies we built a mockup

After living on board for four years, we became more and more convinced that a rigid Bimini was one of the items that would improve our life

So what do we have to say about our favourite taboo subject, that no one really wants to discuss, in the year of 2020? Seems like...

The time spent in lockdowns and repairs under insurance in cheap or affordable countries allowed us to keep the budget controlled.

Not much can be found online regarding the real need of having this document while sailing in Italian waters or the details on how to get it

On the follow up of the 2019 overall maintenance costs for The Dream, we have further updated our schedules with additional "jobs"

This had been the easiest check-in in Greece so far and we had finally managed to get on the Transit Log!

As we were still passing over the submerged bridge the warning siren for the raise of the bridge sounded and we could already hear the...

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Siracusa, Sicily, Italy to Zakynthos, Greece 276.4 nautical miles in 50 hours

After trying to sail under full sails we heard a loud grinding noise that seemed to come from under the emergency tiller cap (rudder top)

I will stamp you both on the crew list (not on the passport - so the time spent in Malta doesn't count for the Schengen time) but be sure to

With visas expiring dates approaching, the Covid19 restrictions and including the fact that the Greek borders were closed to all vessels...

We arrived quite late in the night and after a quick realisation that we couldn’t identify the customs dock in the middle of all the lights

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Hammamet, Tunisia to Marmaris, Turkey 887 nautical miles in 183h25 hours

After having stayed in Hammamet many months more than we had planned for due to the collision we suffered while in the Marina back in...

Day 57 (2020-05-08) Rest day. The goal was to do absolutely nothing and we achieved it Day 58 (2020-05-09) Yeah, rest day, too good to...

Day 36 (2020-04-17) > Day 56 (2020-05-07) After having spent two days working a template for a helm cover it was now time to start...

Day 29 (2020-04-10) Continuing developing my new love relationship with our neighbours Sailrite machine. Today we tackled the repairs and...

Day 22 (2020-04-03) Supermarket/veggie stand/internet shop day. This is the one time I leave the boat once a week to replenish what I can...

Day 15 (2020-03-27) Today we tackled the winch for the furler, this one was also impossible to service fully. Of course, repositioning...

Day 8 (2020-03-20) Went shopping with our french neighbour to avoid getting taxis. We were all positive after passing the nearest...

I’ve decided to write this little diary of our experience of self-isolation aboard The Dream while docked in Hammamet, Tunisia. Day 1...

Before moving onto The Dream back in 2017 we had spent a lot of time doing research and arriving at our decision with regards to the new...

Since we decided to change our lifestyle and moved aboard The Dream we have been coming across with "guidance numbers and percentages"...

My marina nightmare just became true and to make matters worse I was all alone on the yacht, John was on his way to Australia getting ready

On our third year sailing and second year in the Mediterranean Sea, we kept the 2017 and 2018 target of a 2000€ monthly budget for the three

One year later the fuel consumption is still a taboo subject, no one really wants to discuss it.

Some projects from last years jobs list weren't completed and there's also the new projects that another year living aboard demand a

Well, we can say we had a season full of adventure from big storms at anchor to big fish at the back of the boat. I can say that the 2019 se

Now that it has been a bit over a month since the passages that brought us to another winter in Tunisia it’s time to think about the events

The first time we arrived in Greece we chose Preveza on the west coast as our port of entry and then again as our port of exit on our...

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Siracusa, Sicily, Italy to Hammamet, Tunisia 258.3 nautical miles in 43 hours

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Rocella Ionica, Italy to Siracusa, Sicily, Italy 96.6 nautical miles in 16 hours

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Preveza, Greece to Rocella Ionica, Italy 266.8 nautical miles in 46 hours

We ran to the bow to grab some fenders and in panic watched the catamaran align itself perfectly with our bow, less than a meter between the

This was our first attempt on getting "stamped" in the Transit Log, but unfortunately, things didn't go as smoothly as we had expected.

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Brindisi, Italy to N. Othonoi, Greece 87 nautical miles in 18 hours

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Tivat, Montenegro to Brindisi, Italy 123 nautical miles in 26.25 hours

We went to this door on the side of the building, entered the room and found a small lobby with one armoured door on each side and an empty

The place in itself was a bit eerie, feeling very much like an abandoned dock next to a vacant parking lot.

The moment we decided that Croatia was our big destination for the 2019 season a cloud of concern formed in the back of our minds. Two aspec