Ana 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
Ana and John 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
Ana and John 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
Ana 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
Ana 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
Ana 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
Ana 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
