So, there it was, a tiny spec of land off in the distance. Martinique? Nope, St Lucia, but within minutes we could see our destination and before too long, the champagne was open and we were quaffing our first proper drink in weeks, at St Annes, Martinique. Remarkably, we all had a decent kip despite the broken sleep patterns resulting from the passage night watches. …
Captains Blog 57 – Atlantic Crossing 2023 Daily Blog Posts Week Three
Show me the way to go home………… Thu Jan 19 2023 ………I’m tired and I want to go to bed.No nautical blog is complete without some kind of reference to a jaws film. Last Tuesday during our morning coffee meeting, something rather large was sported heading to wards the starboard side of the boat , …
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Captains Blog 55 – Atlantic Crossing 2023 Daily Blog Posts Week One
Below are the daily posts published while en-route to Martinique. They appeared as updates on the Predict Wind, satellite tracking programme. They've been split into 1 week segments and we're produced by different crew members each day: Oh what a night! - Wed Jan 04 2023 ‘‘Twas early January in ‘23 … what a very …
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Captains Blog 51 – The lone Piper of Portimão
We relocated to Ferragudo 7 nautical miles along the coast. It had to be done, mooring in Lagos is expensive during the summer and we’d be almost next door to the boat yard where Slick Hull are based in Portimão. The anchorage was pretty busy but we managed to squeeze into a spot and caught up with A&E one last time before they moved on. Elice was due to be lifted in less than a …
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Captains Blog 45 – Are we Nearly There Yet?
My first thought when writing this was to give an overview of all the things that have been refurbished, repaired, renewed, discarded and added during the Autumn, Winter and Spring months. That would be too dull, so let’s just say that I spent the dark months trying to improve Elice, well, the inside anyway. Now …
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The Queen is dead, Long Live the Queen!
Hi, well it’s been a while since we last updated everyone. I write this from the Amel in Cardiff, UK in February. We’ve been back in the UK for 9 months and have spent most of that time on the new boat, or She-Who-Will-Not-Be-Named if you prefer. The Captain is a methodical, thoughtful man. Who …
Exploring Sicillia
We hightailed it out of Malta, laden with Robinson’s fruit juice, balti pastes and teabags. On our way out of Catania we picked up a car, so we could explore Sicily further. We started off small, let’s get back to Licata , pausing only at a huge shopping centre for some essentials ... and a …
Malt(a)-Teaser
Sicily is a day sail away from Malta and just after Christmas we decided to go for an explore. In a flurry of activity we booked flights, made travel and accommodation bookings & prepared to set off in search of the elusive Maltese Falcon. The Air BnB was beautiful and using the stairs helped me …
Name that tune .. Rome, if you want toooo
Way back in the mists of time when we were practically encouraged to walk the streets with other humans, Trev & I took a trip to Rome. Italy is having a tough time of it at the moment (as is the rest of the world). We wanted to remember how beautiful it looks and how …
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Licata living, we get around
We had a brilliant winter stay in Lagos over 2018/19 and learned some valuable lessons from it. Namely, get off the boat and visit local areas, in land and get to know the locals. With this in mind, we had always planned to explore Italy and Sicily in more depth over the winter. Licata marina …
Our Big Boaty Adventure 