Atlantic Crossing - Last leg - Fernando de Noronha to Recife
I explained we couldn’t go much more to the shallows and that we were just waiting for the night tide to come in although we were having tro
Atlantic Crossing - Last leg - Fernando de Noronha to Recife
Transat - the Hydrovane and the jury rig
Transat - Breakages and risk mitagation
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 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)
Building a hardtop - joining the pieces and painting (part 4)
Building a hardtop - fairing (part 3)
Building a hardtop - the construction (part 2)
Building a hardtop - the idea, concept and material choices (part 1)
2020 Fuel, engine hours & nautical miles summary
2020 Budget
Italy - Costituto in arrival per il naviglio da diporto (ships arrival declaration/transit log)
The costs of ownership - maintenance (version 2020)
Greece, Itea - checking in
Sailing through two Engineering marvels in Greece
2020-10-23>25 Syracuse, Sicily, Italy > Zakynthos, Greece
2020-10-18 Valletta, Malta > Portopalo, Sicily, Italy
Malta, Valletta - checking in and out