Brazil, São LuÃs - a difficult check-out
With the flop of our previous day with the anchorage in Alcântara and now in São Luis with waves breaking violently on our stern
Brazil, São LuÃs - a difficult check-out
Brazil, Camocim - arrival and departure pass and visit by the Navy
Camocim - the village of dunes and freshwater pools
Sailing the north coast of Brazil - Cabedelo to Camocim
Sailing north, up the Brazilian coast - Maceió to Cabedelo
Sailing north, up the Brazilian coast - Salvador to Maceió
Brazil, Salvador - arrival and departure pass or maybe it’s not needed - it’s the flavour of the day
Transat - Repairs off the beaten track and another lesson learned - part 2
The Bay of Todos os Santos, Bahia
Transat - Repairs off the beaten track and another lesson learned - part 1
Sailing South, down the Brazilian coast Recife to Salvador
Transat - the Hydrovane and the jury rig
A taste of Recife and Olinda
Atlantic Crossing - Last leg - Fernando de Noronha to Recife
Transat - Breakages and risk mitigation
Brazil, Fernando de Noronha - checking in
Transat Diary - Day 10 + 5 hours and 40 minutes - Land Oh Brazil!
Transat Diary - Day 10 - We caught a fish!
Transat Diary - Day 9 - Bye bye Northern Hemisphere!
Transat Diary - Day 8 - The Doldrums
Transat Diary - Day 7 - Could it be that we are free?
Transat Diary - Day 6 - Acceptance
Transat Diary - Day 5 - The butter has melted and maybe also did the autopilot
Transat Diary - Day 4 - Caught in the evil golden claws of Sargassum sea weed
Transat Diary - Day 3 - Loom and gloom
Transat Diary - Day 2 - No 240v, no hot meals or drinks…
Transat Diary - Day 1 - A rough start
Transat - the last day, the last preparations
Cape Verde, Mindelo - checking in, out and about
Mindelo, São Vicente Island, Cape Verde - the wrong turn
2022-12-17>23 Passito Blanco, Gran Canaria, Canaries, Spain > Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
First trade winds of many - Gran Canaria to Mindelo, Cape Verde’s
The Dream - LiFePo4
Galley mini-refit - Gimballed induction cooktop and convection oven
An upwind sail from Madeira to La Graciosa, Canaries
Coppercoat antifoul treatment - preparation & application (part 2)
2022-10-25>27 Machico, Madeira, Portugal > Playa Francesca, La Graciosa, Canaries, Spain
Coppercoat antifoul treatment - considerations and costs (part 1)
Building a hardtop - costs, other numbers and conclusions (part 6)
Half-day sail from Porto Santo island to Madeira Island
2022-09-17>20 Cascais, Portugal > Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal
A fast run from Cascais to the Madeira Archipelago
Sailing from Gibraltar to Lisbon, Portugal - Aka Orcas Lane!
Sailing West along the coastline of Southern Europe - France to Gibraltar
Crossing the Bonifacio Strait and making way to mainland France
Crossing the Tyrrhenian
Crossing the Messina Strait
Crossing the Ionian
Crossing the Aegean
Building a hardtop - stainless steel works and installation of equipment (part 5)