The joy of the cruising community is that they all try to help each other. Help each other drink, that is. Now, on a more serious note, they do try and give you their best advice. And as many have been at it a lot longer then us, it is worth listening. […]
Boat maintenance and repair
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Well the humans had a problem. When they tried to drop the two foresails, they set up for the crossing, they would not come down. Up the mast they went, and discovered that the top of the furler had come off the track……not good. One more thing damaged on the […]
Sorry for the delay everyone. Here are some pictures of the crossing…….hope you enjoy! Day 7 Our morning whale visit. You could hear them singing when you went below decks. Do not worry, if you are a whale lover, video to follow! Day 7 Some more whale shots to hold […]
This was our first trans-Atlantic passage and we had very fair weather. We are not ‘professionals’ and people make the passage regularly with ‘what ever’ they have…..even rubber dinghy and wind surfers! But as a boring ‘cruiser’, who likes creature comforts, here are a few bits we hope other cruisers […]
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 we made it to La Coruna, but it was not an easy trip. We should have know that luck was not with us that day when we pulled up a big net on our anchor. My humans found that scissors were far more effective than a knife to cut […]