Position 20.787, -20.787 at 07:52 GMT. Wind NE 5/6. 272 Miles to go. Longitude is now a larger number than the latitude. It will stay this way until we return into the Mediterranean! Will also be smaller if we have to do the trip around South Africa. In international waters again. More than 200 miles […]

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Position 22.75, -19.30 at 07:53 GMT (Reminder this format can be entered straight into Google maps to show where we are. Stands for Latitude 22.75N and longitude 19.30W) 415 miles to go. ETA Ihla do Sal, Cape Verde still Monday evening. We officially crossed the Tropic of Cancer yesterday evening. Feels like the tropics too. […]

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Position 24.53, -18.15 at 08:30 GMT. 539 miles to go. Wind NE2. I thought it was going to be just ourselves for this trip but the dolphins are back. We have had 3 large groups visit. Half a dozen or so of the second group were well clear of the water on a regular basis […]

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At 26.014,-16.837 Wind NE force 3. 652 miles to go. ETA at 5 Knots is 20:00 Monday 24th Nov. We have a 0.5 knot current which should mean we get in at first light on Monday. Wind was oscillating overnight with a 90′ shift every 2 hours or so requiring a gybe. The spare battens […]

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We got away from a small port on the east of Gran Canaria, Puerto Taliarte, (27.987, -15.371) early this morning. We had moved across from Lanzarote to test out the water maker after fitting the bits Sheana and Ewan had delivered to us. It can only be run in clean waters out of harbour. It […]

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As predicted last year, all our Christmas wishes are by email, so here we are.So this is Christmas. We are in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, 16th November 2008. The sun is shining and I’m in shorts so I don’t really feel I should be writing this now. We have had a great six months,

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The chicken has Madeira in it and we cooked it on Madeira! First prepare the chestnuts, this takes time unless you cheat with tinned chestnuts. If starting from scratch, cook chestnuts by piercing and placing in boiling water and boil, when cooked, take a few from the pan and peel, then a few more it’s […]

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Now the competition, Link here to original post (opens in new window).I’ve not had any correct answers so the holiday for 2, wide screen TV and the flight to the moon will have to be carried forward to the next competition, but I guess you want to know what the wooden blocks were for. They […]

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Well we did have heavy seas and the wind was quite strong, but with the correct sails up (trysail and little bit of genoa which rolled away to next to nothing, and in the lower wind rolled out a bit more) Giselle was very well behaved and we just kept on going. We left Funchal, […]

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Photos of our time with Sheana and Tom in the Gallery. I have passed my PADI open water diving course so can get my air bottles filled. A few days of maintenance before we move on – Fitting a new membrane to water maker; Mast check; Bottom clean; engine anode change etc.

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