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 …
Captains Blog 53 – The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away
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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Captains Blog 48 – The Chameleon Eyed Cephalopod Thief
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international dog shunning was still happening to the first mate, or whether the international order to shun had been rescinded.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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Captains Blog 47 – Full 10 on the Smug-O-Meter
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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Brexit Schmexit
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 …
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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Big Boaty Bolt to Baiona
Lagos was not a bad place to be locked down, in fact there were some significant benefits! We weren’t confined to the boat and could explore the gorgeous coastline in the sunshine and because the bars were closed, we’d not had to cringe as the English pub singer crooned Delila or the local jazz ensemble …
Captains Blog 40 – AlmeriMartin
The sheltered bay just north of the entrance to Mar Menor is an ideal stopover when heading along the Spanish coast. The anchor had just been dropped when I accidentally caught my best and most valuable sunglasses catapulting them onto the deck, where they flexed and sprang into the deep blue briny. I needed to …
Captains Blog 39 – Whoa, we’re going to Ibiza!
It had been the best sail of the year. We’d been heeled over and hand steering most of the way, right on the limits of our point of sail. We headed straight towards our destination with the odd deviation to keep sailing, pulling back on track as we closed in on land. We arrived at …
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Captains Blog 38 РJos̩ Cabrera!!
Marina Arenal nestles in the Bay of Palma, approximately 10 miles from the capital. Our decision to head there was not confined to engine and iPad issues. There was a storm forecast, so it meant that we’d be safe and able to head ashore, rather than being confined to Gianti. First on the lists of …
Our Big Boaty Adventure 