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 …
Captains Blog 14 “And you can put that away”!
Lagos, a small town in the Algarve on the South coast of Portugal. It has some very positive things going for it, for example the first mate and I are here, the coastline and the beaches are stunning and there is always plenty going on. Of course, there are some less attractive aspects, such as …
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Captains Blog 13 “Fishing” Potty for Portugal
He was a dashing Doctor with a shock of curly white hair and an uncontrollable desire to sail the seven seas and she was the blonde bombshell property guru with a shared sense of adventure and an infectious laugh. Together they were Hans and Katrin. We’d meet them briefly in A Coruna (♫ Hey A …
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Adios Spain – Hola Portugal
After the botched sail out of Ria de Muros to the entrance to Ria de Arousa, things started to pick up. We were sailing, yes really!! without the engine and averaging 5 to 6 knots, with a plan to head to Isla Toxa Grande and anchor for the night. Bad idea, not enough room to …
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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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 9 Lots of Swell? Take a Kwell!
It’s not very far from Les Sables D’Olonne to La Rochelle, but we had a 4 hour window to get into the Bassin des Chalutiers, so we left fairly early. We intended to get the 14:45 bridge lift into the bassin and arrived with plenty of time to spare. Too much in fact, so anchoring …
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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 …
Captains Blog 6
What’s That Swell? And so the day of departure from my beloved Maggoty Bank had arrived. The drizzly dull morning summed up my mood, but first mate was on good form to keep things upbeat. Nothing was moving as we passed Falmouth apart from an old wooden thing named Gypsy Moth IV. She soon backed …
Our Big Boaty Adventure 