Not all who wander are lost …
I love rock n roll, put another dime in the juke box baby Wed Jan 11 2023 And it’s a good bloody good job that we love rock n roll … that’s all we’ve had for the last 2 days. It looks like we’ve got the bigger winds and seas until Friday. The further west …
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The sail from Lanzarote to Tenerife didn’t waste any of the eye wateringly expensive diesel. We sailed the whole way and made good time. We’d booked into Santa Cruz at the North West of the Island. I didn’t know what to expect of Santa Cruz, but it immediately felt at ease. All you could ever …
After some toing and froing all was set to collect the new cockpit enclosure from Fofovelos. We arranged to stop on the waiting pontoon at Lagos marina and managed to dodge the Orca pod on the way there. A welcoming committee consisting of David and Nicky from Whimsy and Phil and Sarah from Vagrant were …
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Vasile at Slick Hull is a workaholic. He buzzes around the yard on an electric scooter sorting 3 or 4 things out at once, never seeming flustered or phased. There must’ve been 15 to 20 boats having work done when we were there, so raising Elice’s paint job in the priority order needed a deadline …
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We’d planned to get hold of a few crucial boat bits while in Lisbon, but Chandlers were short on the ground and what there was wasn’t overwhelmed with boat gear. No problem, we managed to get hold of what we needed, though it cost a shed load more than expected. Once sorted we were off …
The anchorage just inside the mouth of the river Douro is small and looks quite hectic, but is, deceptively peaceful considering. Not long after dropping the hook we were visited by PJ and Roxanne who delivered some delicious Natas for us on their way back to Annette. That puts them top of the rankings for …
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Life at anchor in Alden was a bit of a treat. Our friends Liam and Mags were at anchor there and it wasn’t long after seeing them that we could gauge whether international dog shunning was still happening to the first mate, or whether the international order to shun had been rescinded. Schooner the hound …
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Following the last Blog post, I’ve done some reading and feel a bit more confident that I can fairly convincingly give the impression, to anyone that doesn’t know me, that I know more than I actually do about sailing! We’d been invited onto our neighbour’s boat while in Muros. Our neighbours were PJ and Roxanne, the folk I’d mistakenlythought had chartered the lovely …
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Biscay had not been without incident, but we’d made it across and enjoyed our first good night’s kip in A Coruna. The huge firework display had looked spectacular as we’d arrived, it was just a shame that nobody could see me expressing my gratitude. We mentioned it when booking in the next day. The mariniero insisted it had been in honour of St …
Well, it’s been a while eh! Since I last time I wrote one of these. I was still tanned and reasonably fit then, but now I’m a grey haired withered old hermit who occasionally pops his head out the cockpit, like a meercat on lookout, just to check the world is still alive. Life aboard …
There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
POOP DECK: Because we give a SHIT
Living the dream onboard our Beneteau 473 with our sailor dog
Our Big Boaty Adventure 