This very morning, Captain Mac had to dive into the icy Atlantic to remove a nylon rope wrapped around the propeller and drive shaft of Gianti. He tried to order the first mate to do it but she refused. There will be repercussions! Keel hauling for example. Unless you know of something more fitting?
Hey A Coruna (feel free to sing along to the tune of ♫ Macarena ♫)
Neither the forecast or conditions in port would inspire anyone to leave Vivero on that dull wet Wednesday morning. Everyone was staying put as the swell started building and rain fall increased. So why oh why did we opt to leave? The first few hours proved challenging with ever confused sea’s and the rain getting …
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Skipper insisted she put on the headphones and go listen to Rod Stewart somewhere else after the 43rd play of We are Sailing!
The Starfish and the Seagull
Once upon a time, or more accurately a couple of weeks ago, a lonely starfish pondered his stagnant surroundings thinking there must be more to life than clinging onto this pitiful rock in this rather dull pool. As luck would have it a solitary seagull had been peering into that same pool thinking about that …
Captains Blog 8 Vendée Globe – Arrive in Style
We’d arrived in Port Louis for just one night, which was a shame as there were some WW2 U boat bunkers to explore just across the bay in L’Orient. Anyway, the batteries. We’d just moored up when it all went haywire. First mate was investigating the depth gauge, which kept going into alarm every 30 …
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Captains Blog 7, It’s getting serious!
26th June 2018 It’s 5 in the morning and time to ship anchor and head off to Guernsey. We leave Salcombe, waving and saluting the jeering cheering crowds assembled to witness the Grand Depart. In fairness the assembled crowds were not up to much although we did wave at a passing fishing boat. And they …
Yarghh Shipmates
From the moment of their arrival, the two new crew were confined to the lower decks due mainly to the pouring rain and to a lesser extent I needed to assess their suitability to undertake the gruelling passage that lay ahead (Falmouth Marina to St Mawes, just around the corner!). Needless to say, the following …
Captains Blog 4
Ho Ho Ho, we’re at Plymouth, city famous for manufacturing of hoes. More about that later! Disasters at sea, or narrowly avoided ones anyway, let’s start there. Near disaster 1: moored in lovely bay when knot came undone from buoy and boat heads rapidly towards rocky coast. Near disaster 2: rafted against boat with two …
Captains Blog 3
All hail Gianti (thank you Laura). First let’s have a sing song: I like blogging I like blogging I like blogging, yes I like to blog, I like like blogging I like blogging If you don’t like blogging don’t blog… Its been a while I confess, but its all been happening. First and foremost, six …
Captains Blog 2
Ahhh, the excited anticipation together with a certain amount of trepidation was what occupied my thoughts when I awoke this morning. It wasn’t raining and it was time to set sail for the first time since buying the tug. What could be better!! Bit windy but it’ll be fine. The forecast said as much so …
Our Big Boaty Adventure 