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 …
As Kylie says … WOW!!
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 …
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 impression that I get …
Trev's shared with you how our 1st attempt at the Biscay passage was cut short due to seasickness đŸ¤¢đŸ¤®đŸ¤¢. 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 …
Facts and stats
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 …
Early morning guests
We had an early morning sail from Trebeurden to Roscoff and were joined by some visitors https://youtu.be/nztk5EtcWMA
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 …
Pretty early morning
These are the moments you see with a pre-dawn start. So peaceful and puts a brilliant spin on the day.
Big weather
It was supposed to be 15-20 knots of wind all day, I had nice ham for sandwiches, we'd average around 5-6 knots all day. It didn't work out like that At one point we were having consistent 30-36 knots of wind hammering our poor Gianti & her new sails. With gusts of 40 knots and …
Caption time ..
We've had a great few days in Dittisham & Salcombe ... with a huge walk and lots of food. On a day out we took the tender up to Totnes ... what a quirky, hippy little place it is. If you want a hand made, organic, locally produced anything ... you'll get it there! Whilst …
Our Big Boaty Adventure 