Wednesday 9 October 2013
Day 3 of our crossing from Gibraltar to Las Palmas was a good one. At the beginning of the day we were getting depressed at the thought of gybing all the way there but decided to hoist the Parasailor. We’re getting better at our hoisting, trimming and dropping techniques and must admit we’re loving it!…
Sunday 6 October 2013
We finally left Gibraltar at 7:35am on Friday just as it got light. The Straits of Gibraltar proved entertaining as we tried to stay inshore and avoid the constant west to east tide. We could hear two American boats talking to each other saying they had never seen anything like it. Day 1 was light…
Thursday 3 October 2013
Attempt two of our sail from Gibraltar to Las Palmas is about to commence – we plan to set sail Friday morning, October 4th. We now have a new gearbox installed, however the engineers who removed it unfortunately damaged our stern gland so now we have a new one of those too! That and they…
Monday 23 September 2013
At 7:40am, Friday 20th September, we slipped lines, leaving Gibraltar bound for Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, a 708 nautical mile sail away that would take us 6-7 days. The Straits of Gibraltar make for interesting sailing with a constant west to east tide, and the headland of Tarifa where it blows more than 30 knots…
Tuesday 10 September 2013
The tracker hasn’t moved in a while! That’s because we’ve downed tools for a break. Actually, it’s a break from sailing but we’re working with lots of tools getting Adina ready for her sail down to the Canaries. After our trip along North Africa she had accumulated a lot of dirt so a deep clean…
Tuesday 10 September 2013
After 4 weeks of sailing along the coast of North Africa, and having left Algeria, our next destination was the town of Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the northern coast of Morocco. We had previously visited Ceuta, another Spanish enclave in Morocco, close to Gibraltar, and had found it ok if not that exciting. We…
Monday 19 August 2013
In our last blog we had arrived in Algeria’s only marina, a theoretical 40 minute bus ride from the capital, Algiers. Nothing is ever simple – our planned day trip to Algiers happened to be on Eid Al Fitr, the celebration of the end of Ramadan. People were telling us there were no buses, we…