After a peaceful day swimming in super clear waters & exoring the fab town, we've settled down for wine, picky tea & a sunset. If anyone wants a holiday recommendation, look no further. It's got quirky restaurants, beaches and coves of all kinds, snorkeling, paddle boarding and all manner of activities.
Captains Blog 17 Time to Get Handy
Still moored in Ayamonte, where processions and celebrations were continuing, boy they were glad to see us. The weather was looking pretty grim, so the decision was made to head to Sevilla and posh things up in a nice hotel for a couple of nights. There’s no direct rail service from Ayamonte so bus it …
Loki Doki … an adventure no one will remember
It was sunny, calm and peaceful in the Hippie community of San Pedro. The residents were nakedly smoking and playing volleyball on the beach. Everything was a peaceful tapestry of what the '60's could have been ...... UNTIL The boats arrived, bearing savage hounds & their cutthroat owners in search of respite . See the …
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Bank Holiday Blues
What we do when we're hot and bothered at sea ... with zero wind to cool us down Happy Bank Holiday everyone 😜😂😀
We named it Binky
Well, what an exciting day. We've managed to put to bed the Atlantic & are now just about in the Mediterranean. We had a few visitors on our way in through the Gibraltar Straits .. no dolphins I'm sorry to say. The video below shows one of them, but we need some help in identifying …
Captains Blog 16 -Toodle Pip Lagos
Time to go? Err, what’s the weather doing? Seems okay, but it’s getting windier. Let’s go now then! “Marina Lagos, Marina Lagos, this is Gianti”, it's time to lift that bridge and set us free. Obrigado. Ha! and as for you Chaplin, you’re history, we’re off. Eight nautical miles later the first mate and I …
Unleashed, unsupervised & unwise?
We've had a lovely, lovely week in Rio Guadiana catching up with some friends from Lagos & meeting new ones. In fact we were fully supervised by sailing grown ups. Both the Portuguese & Spanish villages were really pretty & there's great walking around there with trails linking to the Camino Santiago Compostela. The 2 …
Who wore it better?
Captains Blog 15
Three bread, two tomatoes and some old cheese And so, time had caught up with the crew of Gianti after 6 months messing about in Lagos. We’d soon be heading towards Gibraltar and beyond to start the next stage of our journey. No more would Captain Mac loose himself at the local gym with such …
Fit to sail
We try and exercise regularly with anything from resistance bands workouts, yoga, going for a run, cycling and generally walking everywhere. One of the benefits of having a static base is that we've both been able to have a regular exercise routine. Trev's been hitting the local gym pretty hard & I've been mainly working …
Our Big Boaty Adventure 