Not all who wander are lost …
“Don’t speak about it anymore, I don’t want to hear.” The First Mate seemed a tad frustrated and, indeed annoyed, that the Bowman 45 we’d been heading towards Barcelona to see had been sold. To an American! He hadn’t even bothered to visit, just brought it on a whim. The world’s gone mad. “So umm, …
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Our break out from the harbour at Licata had succeeded. We sailed 30 miles along the coast and anchored below the Turkish Steps expecting a calm, peaceful night. It wasn’t. We pitched uncomfortably from side to side but lasted until 6:30 before lifting the hook. The plan was to reach Masala and anchor, though after …
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🎵No we'll stay in Italy, until things settle down🎵 Big noisy swell! rain and storms forecast! Nope we're staying put til Friday
What we do when we're hot and bothered at sea ... with zero wind to cool us down Happy Bank Holiday everyone 😜😂😀
Lagos, Portugal is one of the farthest west areas of Europe. It's tucked in behind a large section of cliffs, giving it great protection from the tropical storms that have hit the West Coast of Europe recently. Below are pictures of ruined headsails from boats berthed in Figueira de Foz just after Leslie hit. We're …
This day 6 months ago we left our home in the care of Sid & our lovely tenants to drive down to Southampton. Since then we've: - sailed over 2000 miles across 4 countries - had just the 1 RNLI call out - spent hours and hours working on the boat ... from engines, throttle …
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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Trev's shared with you how our 1st attempt at the Biscay passage was cut short due to seasickness 🤢🤮🤢. We waited until the swell looked as though we'd have a few clear days and headed out. In order to help keep the sickness at bay I had a tablet the night before, so it was …
Hi there, We were working out some stats if anyone's interested ... We've sailed over 1000 nautical miles since we left Weymouth There are 1500 miles to travel to get to the southern part of Portugal We've day sailed for all of our journeys, around 4-7 hours each trip. With the odd trip being a …
We had an early morning sail from Trebeurden to Roscoff and were joined by some visitors https://youtu.be/nztk5EtcWMA
There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
POOP DECK: Because we give a SHIT
Living the dream onboard our Beneteau 473 with our sailor dog
Our Big Boaty Adventure 