Ana
Transat Diary - Day 10 + 5 hours and 40 minutes - Land Oh Brazil!
It’s quite an interesting experience to hand steer a 50ft through a mooring field of 30+ft boats after spending more than 10 days at sea
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SAILING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
Where have we been?
Albania Balearic Brazil Canaries Cape Verde Corsica Croatia France Gibraltar Greece Italy Madeira Malta Montenegro Morocco Portugal Sardinia Sicily Spain Tunisia Turkey
Ana
- 7 days ago
Transat Diary - Day 10 - We caught a fish!
We look at our beast! It is gorgeous and will keep us fed for really long time, nothing will go to waste.
Ana
- Jan 28
Transat Diary - Day 9 - Bye bye Northern Hemisphere!
A lot of discussion of our track and decisions and we still think our planning was the best bet that involved minimal time in the doldrums
Ana
- Jan 27
Transat Diary - Day 8 - The Doldrums
After a near sleepless night going through what it felt like the deluge of a lifetime we needed to complete the installation of the tiller
Ana
- Jan 26
Transat Diary - Day 7 - Could it be that we are free?
After a few hours rest we start working on John’s plan to sort out a structure to mount the tiller Pilot we bought specifically for this
Ana
- Jan 25
Transat Diary - Day 6 - Acceptance
We did a quick test of the autopilot now that it had cooled off but it seems it’s dead. It was just too much pressure from the sea weed
Ana
- Jan 24
Transat Diary - Day 5 - The butter has melted and maybe also did the autopilot
No matter how we trim the sails we seem to be doing less speed than before, can only imagine how much of this seaweed we are trailing
Sailing The Dream
- Jan 23
Transat Diary - Day 4 - Caught in the evil golden claws of Sargassum sea weed
Since we lost the 240v on the first day the menu consisted of room temperature seafood paella twice, room temperature
Ana
- Jan 22
Transat Diary - Day 3 - Loom and gloom
For some reason I’m not being able to settle the hydrovane on an angle of 110AWA but I can 120-130 and even 80-90AWA but not what we need. (
Ana
- Jan 21
Transat Diary - Day 2 - No 240v, no hot meals or drinks…
We spent the entire first half of the day trying to catch up on our sleep but not very effectively, too many things going through our minds.
Ana
- Jan 20
Transat Diary - Day 1 - A rough start
More discussion, after all there was no fat chance to get it fixed in the Cape Verdes so we decided to proceed and shut the raw water intake
Ana
- Jan 16
Transat - the last day, the last preparations
With all that done it was time to relax in the cockpit.
My mind however had different plans and was constantly going through lists
Ana
- Dec 31, 2022
Mindelo, São Vicente Island, Cape Verde - the wrong turn
That’s when we came to full realisation of our mistake. We should have made landfall on the most Eastern island of the archipelago, Sal.
Sailing The Dream
- Dec 29, 2022
2022-12-17>23 Passito Blanco, Gran Canaria, Canaries, Spain > Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Logbook extract for the sailing trip from Canary Islands, Spain to Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde 849 nautical miles in 152 hours
Ana
- Dec 26, 2022
First trade winds of many - Gran Canaria to Mindelo, Cape Verde’s
We kept the two sails poled for a short while and until after sunset when the wind decided to pick up more than we felt comfortable with
Ana
- Nov 13, 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!
Sailing The Dream
- Oct 29, 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
Ana
- Oct 11, 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
Sailing The Dream
- Sep 24, 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
Ana
- Sep 21, 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
- Jun 3, 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
Sailing The Dream
- Feb 11, 2019
2017 & 2018 Fuel, engine hours & nautical miles summary
Something no one seems to talk about is how much everyone motors in their adventures. Having now completed 2 seasons we can start comparing
Sailing The Dream
- Feb 4, 2019
2018 Budget
On our second year sailing, we kept the 2017 target of a 2000€ monthly budget for the three of us and also the boat maintenance, marinas, et
Sailing The Dream
- Jan 28, 2019
2017 Budget
Our first year of sailing started officially only on the 1st of June, the first day that we no longer had jobs and were getting ready to mov
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
- 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
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
Ana
- Oct 11, 2017
Sometimes
Sometimes when I'm doing something absolutely ordinary like getting a glass of water I think I'm going to all of sudden just wake up
Sailing The Dream
- Oct 10, 2017
2017-10-02>05 Rabat, Morocco > Madeira, Portugal
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Rabat, Morocco to Madeira, Portugal
488 nautical miles in 72 hours
Sailing The Dream
- Oct 2, 2017
Bouregreg Marina - Rabat, Morocco
It's a very well weather protected marina. Its position upriver eliminates any influence of the swell and provides good protection from
Sailing The Dream
- Sep 30, 2017
Fishing port - Tangier, Morocco
Mooring is done against the wall between the fishing port and the ferry port. In between other boats, 2 coast guard big cruisers rafted up t
Ana
- Sep 26, 2017
Morocco - heading south
After three days in Tangier, moored to a greasy wall in a fishy smell harbour with two other boats rafted up to us we felt it was time for u
Sailing The Dream
- Sep 22, 2017
Tangier, Morocco - checking in and out
Arriving in Morocco using the Fishing port of Tangier as the first port of call was quite an experience, the smells, the sounds, etc.
Checki
Sailing The Dream
- Sep 21, 2017
2017-09-18 Tangier > Rabat, Morocco
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Tangier to Rabat, Morocco.
142 nautical miles in 26 hours
Ana
- Sep 20, 2017
Welcome to Tangier
Whenever we mentioned we were coming to Morocco, people would raise their eyebrows and say things like: it's a dangerous place, full of
Sailing The Dream
- Sep 17, 2017
2017-09-15 Gibraltar > Tangier, Morocco
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Gibraltar to Tangier, Morocco.
Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar.
46 nautical miles in 7 ho
Ana
- Sep 17, 2017
Finally North Africa!
We're here, we made it and we were treated the entire voyage with great views, not that the views were new to our eyes but the colours i
Ana
- Sep 15, 2017
Gibraltar Upper Rock
First, we partied with the locals on their special day, so now it was time to visit the most iconic attraction of Gibraltar, the little monk
Ana
- Sep 11, 2017
It's Gibraltar National Day!
It's been 25 days since we arrived Gibraltar and that means it has been another 25 days of work on our upgrades, provisioning and sourci
Ana
- Aug 29, 2017
Vilamoura - seriously it's jinxed!
Seriously considering that the seas near Vilamoura are jinxed! Last March when we did our Shakedown Sail to Gibraltar in not so perfect...
Ana
- Aug 27, 2017
Levante - rain, lightning and thunders...
The noises of nature are not so subtle as one may expect but intense. The wind howls and you can even hear it before you feel it or see its
Ana
- Aug 25, 2017
Gibraltar
Gibraltar, that popular destination where Europe almost touches Africa, the entry point to the Mediterranean Sea, place of wonderful history
Sailing The Dream
- Aug 20, 2017
Gibraltar - checking in and out
Checking in and out of Gibraltar is probably one of the easiest procedures we’ve come across so far.
The process is all done online on the H
Sailing The Dream
- Aug 19, 2017
2017-08-15 Cadiz, Spain > Gibraltar
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cadiz, Spain to Gibraltar
11 hours trip
Sailing The Dream
- Aug 14, 2017
2017-08-11 Vilamoura, Portugal > Cadiz, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Vilamoura, Portugal to Cadiz, Spain.
18 hours trip
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