Well the human’s are getting closer to ‘launch’. It is taking them ‘forever’ to get organised. Warning to those that are following us to sea. Take the number of days you think it will take to get ready for a long passage and double it. And try to build in […]
Yearly archives: 2013
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Yes we are still in Gran Tarajal. It was always our plan to stop some where ‘economical’ and do some work on the boat. It was a sensible idea, because the summer weather in Britain is so short and variable. If you really want to be effiecient, go some where […]
January 7th is one of my human’s birthdays. And what does a man want when he turns 47 years old? He wants to be imbarrised by a load of balloons. He wants to have his age plastered on a banner so everyone can see. And he wants […]
Well my human’s are not the only boat hard at work in preparations to leave. You may remember Limbo, a boat we have run into since Porto Santo in the Madierian Islands. They have started to stock up on food for the crossing. It is great that the local […]
It has been a really boring day for me. The human’s have spent the entire day trying to figure out how to set out a twin head sail rig. They are going to try to sail down wind with two head sails instead of using the main sail. The […]
Well hello gang. The weather here is starting to get a bit cooler and everyone is getting ready to head south to warmer climates. The first to leave, of the old Madeira crowd, is Selkie. I will not have the kids to walk me on the beach any […]